I am afraid Scott Clark continues not to know what he is talking about. In his most recent pronouncement, which you may read through here, he says quite a number of false things. But in order to observe some economy of effort, I want to concentrate briefly on three true things that he said.
First, he linked to an anonymous attack blog so that you might find out more about the “situation in Moscow.” And if you read that blog carefully, you will certainly learn about a situation that was in Moscow. But it was a pastoral situation, and Charlie has since moved away. You will learn almost nothing about the churches in Moscow, but you will learn a great deal about someone who onced lived here
Second, before introducing the testimony of someone else who is obviously hurting, Clark said this.
“Like a talk-show host, I can’t verify if everything the correspondent claims is true but it resonates with other posts that I’ve received about the CRE and FV-influenced congregations generally.”
Like a talk show host indeed. This is also true — Clark cannot verify everything that was included in this testimony. This would follow by good and necessary consequence because Clark cannot verify anything that was said. People who can’t verify anything can’t verify everything. Stands to reason.
And last, Clark concludes with a very important truth.
“I may be all wet about the CRE and so may be the correspondents who’ve written to me over the years but, at the very least, these emails warrant serious investigation.”
That’s true too. But of course if Clark were actually to conduct a serious investigation, instead of saying that one would sure be nice, I would be seized with delight and fall out of my chair. And if he were to refrain from writing until after the serious investigation was conducted, I would have to put my feet on my chair and let the blood run down to my head. Letting disgruntled people know what address to send their complaints to is not a good way of getting to the truth. It is to make Westminster West the hole in the basement where the sump pump is.