I am about to blogroll Cerulean Sanctum. I’ve been reading Dan for awhile and just recently realized I didn’t even have him on my blogroll.

He has some great things to say. For a taste, read this post: Tearing Down the Gallows. If only I could order my words as well as Dan does!

Increasingly the Christian blogosphere is being populated with bloggers outing heretics. I’ve blogged on this before (here, here, and here) and I’m not going to rehash old posts. What I want to discuss is something I hope all of us will consider whenever any of us takes on a pastor, speaker, preacher, ministry, or trend in the Church. I understand that there are people out there who are trying to corrupt the Gospel and that grieves me, but there are just as many people out there who are simply not understood by others and wind up bullied by well-meaning heresy hunters. Not only do godly men and women discern the difference, but act correctly when the worst is suspected.

That is what this post is about. I hope what follows edifies the Body and serves as a template for confronting others in the manner of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Read the rest of his post – it is good. In it Dan outlines seven rules we might learn to follow when engaged in defending the faith:

1. Remove the Log

2. Bear True Witness

3. Stifle Gossip

4. Confront the Wayward Personally

5. Practice the “Golden Rule”

6. Observe the Samaritan

7. Pray Psalm 51

If enough people heed this message we might see a much-needed return of balance, wisdom, and kindness in the Christian blogosphere.