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Six years ago, today, a new little blog poked its head up over the parapet of that desert mission above and made its first post. The founder of this blog and all who commented on that post, are rarely seen in the precincts today. But that post, quoted here in full, still motivates us.
This is a blog about Christianity under siege, and sometimes this Christian under attack. That’s not to say I think that in this country we are persecuted, but just that it can be difficult to make one’s voice heard above the clamant voices. This is my voice, for what it is worth. My first two posts appeared on another blog, and I am grateful to Jon for making them available here.
The spirit that Jessica showed in post number one, has been our constant guide here, ever since, as has been the tagline, she chose for us.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you … John 13:34
Well, we all fall far short of the goal, but we keep trying, and given the troubles we’ve all seen here, I think we’ve done fairly well, with God’s help.
Some of us have been here since almost the beginning, some came here much later, it doesn’t matter. I’m glad you are here, and we will go forward together.
And so, here’s to the next six!
All Along the Watchtower 
Congrats🙂
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I guess I can speak for us all, contributors, commenters, and readers, alike. Thank you! 🙂
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It is good that there is a crew hanging on here. As you say, we’ve been through some awful storms, and many of the original gang are no longer present, but this place has survived and continues to provide perspectives on political events outside the mainstream of the elite. From time to time we also put up deep theological and exegetical material – or at least thought-provoking stuff, if you pay attention to the right parts.
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We try, but other than you, we are missing our best theological people lately. Still, we do better than most.
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Sadly, I feel that I have a lot to contribute but next to no time to do so but here and there. Of course, my forte is in the realm of history that also has me dabble in a bit of philosophy and theology.
Furthermore, as I remind some of my family members, Peter was a fisherman and Paul a tent maker, so long as we come searching for God—the theology will spring forth naturally.
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True enough, and it does. If we are to understand history (of the west, at least) we just have to understand Christianity, at least in its basics. You do, and no doubt will, as time allows, and I look forward to it. I have the same problem, we all do.
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That’s kind of you to say. I do my best to try and cater for a variety of needs: the economic/political stuff, the context of the Bible stuff, and the end of the world stuff. Like everyone else, though, I have my ebbs and flows. Some days it’s a stretch to write something.
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Jessica and I both found that some days it was easier for us to write on NEO, other days, here, and some days, it just wouldn’t come at all. Still true for me, but perhaps selfishly, my priority is NEO, and if I have something for here -great!
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If the days of grandeur of this blog still existed, I’d write more on my own blog, but I usually post here when I have something merely in hopes that one day it will be again. It was still going strong a few years back when I entered the mix but disagreements led to many leaving. As I felt, it’s easier to flee than to fight. However, I find myself missing some of those folks like Jess, Geoff, Chalcedon, Monty, Gareth etc.
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I’m quite sure we all do. Yes, those disagreements, when we played the man not the ball, and I’m not exempt by any means, hurt us badly. Maybe someday, but we will carry on as best we can.
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Im still here, much to the dismay of the readers. Im still angry and upset that I was out of town for several months at a time, regularly, and I missed two of the big knock down drag out fights in here. That rat Servus has some altercation with his professed love of good sister Jess, and then he and that rat Steve brown deserted the sinking ship. I wasn’t here for that but only heard a few details later. But yes, after many calls for my head on a platter, im still here haunting these ivy coated halls. Well, that’s cause im banned from every other site on earth…im even banned from my own site.
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