An enormously encouraging letter:
You didn’t scare me, Doug! I didn’t even know the title of the new HP book prior to reading youremail, but I DID know from listening to VF tapes & reading your previous works that I could count on you to approach this topic presuppositionally—-and I was actually sitting on the edge of my seat before I reached the half-way mark of the newsletter! I knew that, by the time I reached the end of the Mr. Barr’s statement, you would pick it apart by holding it up to the Scriptural Light to which it should be subjected & thereby teach your readers to stand on firm biblical ground when presented with such fluff. I thought to myself, “Another fish who doesn’t know he’s wet. This should be powerful!” I wasn’t disappointed.
Anyone who is the least bit familiar with VF should know better than to think you’d applaud Potterism. It would’ve served them well to have taken the time to read the entire newsletter before deciding to lash out. (I’m guessing that the homesexual’s who fired off their heinous remarks did at least that.) But Doug, could you have imagined a better scenario than the one which is playing out right now in the way of “teachable moments” for your readers?! What a huge opportunity this has been to show us how careful we must be today, especially when attempting to understand the cultural pottage hurled at us! Your approach in the newsletter was right on-target.
Thanks should be given to our Father in heaven for providing us with the likes of Vision Forum. You are remaining true to the call (and your mission) to help equip others to deal with these cultural issues by developing a Biblical Worldview from which to discern them. We whole-heartedly agree with your “desert island challenge” and believe that Christians must always be willing to submit to it in today’s world. Keep up the good work & may God continue to bless your endeavors to teach us how to think like Christians. C. B. & family in Missouri.