William Kelly

Y'all, one final word on @WilliamWolfe before I go back to ignoring him. In the past 24 hours, I have been overwhelmed with emails, private messages, text messages, etc. from people who have gone to church with him, worked with him, or otherwise been the subject of his vitriol. The number of people who have reached out blows my mind. Pastors who are good, Godly men have sent notes of appreciation with stories of William's vitriol directed at them or their friends. His former co-workers and even those he went to church with have stories. What an appalling and abusive person, and he is clearly a very troubled soul. Often, in political movements, the people with serious issues are used by others to attack others. Those above the abusive person and around them egg them on because they'd never get their hands dirty, but have found a useful fool who has no self-awareness to know how dirty he gets himself. So many of the pastors keep telling me they are fearful of engaging because their Twitter timelines fill up with awful invective from people if they respond. I have seen the examples of them being called demons and snakes. First, I wouldn't be surprised if it is him. Second, even if it is not him, they are a small and loud minority. Set your Twitter notifications to only show you tweets from people who actually follow you, or only from those you follow. Ignore the sound and fury of the tiny group of angry people. Also, know you are not alone and know that he has no power over you. He has alienated himself and his Center for Baptist Leadership by his abusive behavior. The darkness will not overcome the light. Lastly, William clearly is a troubled soul and he needs a lot of prayer. I'm going to back to ignoring him now. The rest of you just know I thank you for your kinds notes and you are not alone.

@WilliamWolfe Been fun watching you become a neocon post Venezuela. Its going to be even more hilarious when you have to support Trump on Hyde amendment "flexibility".

I can only say this ... @Mike_Pence is one of the most Godly and impressive men to have ever held public office in America. I could share personal stories to this effect, but his private acts of piety are not done for public display, and he frankly doesn't care that people see what he does in personal acts of Christian service. There may even be a verse or two about this. And I can say this ... @EWErickson is a national treasure. In a world where the "right" are often morally, theologically, and culturally confused, and they have become the cowards they used to criticize others for being (HHS, geopolitics, economic interventionism - there are few things they have been willing to actually stand up for if it threatened their online popularity from a certain segment) - Erick has been an unrelenting force for good for this country, the conservative movement, and most importantly, the Kingdom of God. There is a faithful remnant. Be part of it.