42: Dave Warnock apologises: "I confess and ask for forgiveness that despite my greatest desire and best intentions to love others as Jesus did, and as He told me to do as well, that I frequently fail, and that recently Adrian Warnock and Wayne Grudem have got the brunt of it.

I also confess that my failings to love also demonstrate my failings as a pacifist. It has seemed to me more and more a requirement that to follow Jesus closely I should renounce violence in all aspects of my life. I don't do this very well, and I am sure that this comes across in what I write here on 42. Therefore I specifically confess and seek forgiveness for my desire to wring Wayne Grudem's neck and my desire to shake some sense into Adrian."

Dave,

Thanks for this apology which is received warmly. I know you may find this hard to believe but I do not feel hostility towards you whatsoever. I am thrilled by this development as I think it is important and I would welcome a face-to-face meeting with my long lost "cousin."

There have also recently been some very encouraging and reasonable comments here on my blog and for that I am very glad. We have to be able to agree to disagree sometimes - without, of course, deciding that it doesn't matter!

 

The Dr Grudem interview is summarised in my post Dr Wayne Grudem Interview - Highlights and Reflections.