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bad writing, BJIII, by FRANK NIGHTINGALE on May 5, 2011
questionable
associations, Not long ago, I posted about Bob Jones III’s endorsement of Caleb
sociopaths, Thompson’s prison memoir, “The Embrace of Grace.”  I also posted the ugly
Thompson
facts about why Thompson is doing the hard time: he and his brother beat up a
agonistes
little kid in Jesus’ name. FRANK NIGHTINGALE

Even so, you’ll recall that Bob 3 said Thompson’s book

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has a ring of authenticity to it, more than any I’ve read on the subject. The HOTMAIL DOT COM
circumstance under which he wrote it provided a seedbed which could have
grown either bitterness or grace. It grew grace; and from prison, that beautiful
bloom of God’s grace is unfolded and expounded. The richness of God’s grace RECENT
is real to Caleb, and he makes it real to us.
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Some folks were surprised that Bob would go out of his way to praise the drippy . . . IS THE NATURE OF MY GAME
scribblings of a proven kiddie-beater.  But Bob — in the family tradition – just
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recently doubled down:
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My comments about Caleb Thompson’s book on God’s grace addressed the PHOENIX
value of the book itself–and only the book. He is serving a fourteen-year
sentence for a crime the courts said he was guilty of. In prison, he drew near
to Christ, learned about His grace, and wrote about it in a compelling manner. IN REPLY
Every man is guilty before God, Who calls our crimes “sin.” Who can doubt,
upon reading the book, that Caleb experienced grace greater than all his sin? David Shaffer on “A RING
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Given that BJIII is a notoriously tough critic, what’s it take for him to give you
not one, but two big fundy thumbs up?
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Well, first you gotta pretend you’re the Apostle Paul:

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Then — not like Paul — you gotta talk around what landed you in jail.  Use terms
like “disciplining a child” . . .

. . . or “sensational scenario” . . .

or “injury to a child” . . .

. . . or the “difficulties” that “diminished” your “earthly prospects”:

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Oh, and you gotta hand at least some of the blame off to God:

But it’s all good, see, because it’s all part of the plan for your self-improvement . . .

Oh, and above all, don’t talk about your victim.

Ever.

Thompson’s book has a “ring of authenticity” to it, all right.

It sounds just like it was written by an honest-to-God sociopath.

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5 Comments

chucklestravels permalink

Unbelievable!

It’s a culture of abuse.

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Clara English permalink

“It sounds just like it was written by an honest-to-God sociopath.”

You know, I thought the same thing when I read his prison blog. Good call.

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Linda B. permalink

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him
that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of
the sea.
Matthew 18:6 KJV

THIS is why he’s in prison. And this shows that, no, he wasn’t dedicated enough or fully
surrendered. Christ wouldn’t have lifted a hand against that child, never mind held him down while
someone else beat him.

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Roger permalink

Unbelievable. If I didn’t know why he was in prison, I’d think this was just a pious guy. This is a
sick, twisted individual who thinks God put him in jail to improve his already-sparkly character.
Newsflash: there’s a difference between criminal and martyr. Really, there is.

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David Shaffer permalink

Sociopaths breed sociopaths-maybe that’s why it has a ring of authenticity to Bob Jones 3rd-he
probably sees himself in these young preacher boys. First hand accounts relay how 3rd has a
history of lashing out and verbally abusing students, faculty and staff.

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