proverbial wisdom

"As a moth resisteth not the flame, so cranks are drawn unto a righteous man."

The righteous man, of course, being my brother, and the crank this guy.

Cranks know all the answers, even if they didn't hear the right questions. In this case, hyperCalvinist confuses my brother for a Joel Osteen wannabe, or Billy Graham with a laptop. His words of wisdom:

So if you are just wondering out loud how to arrange/present the 'holy info' don't waste your time.

Odd, that. How does it square with this?

Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible... To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

Some image-conscious blogger, overly concerned with tailoring the good news to the masses? Yeah, that's it. Saul "The Apostle" Paul, the leading evangelist of the 1st century. Compare this:

And functionally having an "evangelism conference" (how to be 'more effective in your methods') as a post on your blog only shows those who grew up being 'offered to' as a plague on their lives that come to your blog looking for God in Truth you don't have God to give but are only selling something not-God.

With this:

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

(Apostle two, crank zero.)

Raging self-assuredness leads the crank to discourage people from donating to non-Christian charities, all in the name of saving souls. No, really.

There are no time outs for Truth and Righteousness. No emergency takes precedence over God. If you have not thanked God both for the disasters of the war and the hurricanes and all their effects then you are in error. Do not give to charities or receive from them whose sole goal is physical aid (such as the United Way; Red Cross) and who deny the Word of God and the true gospel of Jesus Christ (such as the United Way, Red Cross and 'Salvation' Army).

Of what effect or profit is it to any to receive a blanket, home loan or a puppy only that you or they be cast body and soul into the lake of fire? Pray first. Test and discern the spirits in the Name of Jesus Christ as God doing it in you. Those who have an ear let them hear.

Even evil people like myself know that when someone asks for bread, you don't send a stone.

One would hope Christian charity trumps "Christian clarity."