I couldn’t find the “leave a comment” link, so I’ll speak directly to the big guy. So Beliefnet acquired Patheos last year, and Jay Sekulow is on Beliefnet’s Board. I have to mention how helpful your exposee of the Sekulow family’s financial enrichment through their positions as ACLJ Board members was. I keep tweeting those links to anyone who regards Sekulow as less than a huckster. Now I’ll just post links to the Guardian where the story broke, although your posts were vastly more engaging.

I have a really good feeling about your new chapter, Professor.

This is the most convincing explanation so far – thanks, GW. I’d say Warren is the Seth Abramson of the world of evangelical corruption, but I’m not sure anyone else would know what I’m talking about. 🙂

Glad to see you mostly settled in your new home, Doc Throck, and still as feisty as ever. I don’t have to agree with you on every point of theology to appreciate your research efforts to support the vulnerable and your personal valuation of the truth (refreshing in these times of “alternative facts”).

Any chance you’ll be able to reroute links to your old article locations to the new? I notice you’ve already fallen out of Google results for GFA. 🙁

I agree that the Discus thing works, and all of us are quite used to it.

For what it’s worth, I do hope you find Disqus useful for your new location, as it’s a fairly easy platform for creating and maintaining dialogue.

It is interesting that there are other bloggers on Patheos, particularly on the Progeressive channel, who have been willing to say negative things about Driscoll, Barton, the NRA, etc. and who have not been removed from the platform.

I suspect that Warren may have been singled out because his blog is on the “Evangelical” channel. Progressive Christians are pretty unlikely to support Driscoll, the NRA, etc. anyway, so anti-NRA rhetoric there is mostly preaching to the choir and unlikely to harm their profits and political influence. However, if some of their Evangelical Christian target demographic is enlightened about the lies of these sleazebags, that could actually threaten the bottom line of groups like the ACLJ and the NRA.

Huh? To rehash…

The NRA was founded just after the Civil War to protect 2nd amendment rights (everyone’s, but not specifically blacks).

Southern states were passing laws to prevent blacks from owning weapons, leaving them defenseless.

The NRA’s efforts to protect gun ownership rights in general, also helped blacks maintain their right to gun ownership.

Was the NRA founded to help blacks? No. Did the NRA’s efforts at the time help blacks (and whites, and indians, and asians)? Yes.

Thanks Carol!

Probably go back with Disqus to keep continuity but that hasn’t been completely decided.