A minister from Calgary Alberta left this comment at Kamp Krusty under a post on a book review.
I could care less, whether you “post” this on your sorry site, or not. You are an arrogant ignoramus, “approving” two others (Barna and Viol). [sic-Viola] Of course, your warm endorsement of Viol shows up on his blog. What shameless sluttery is this! It never ceases to amaze me, how one ignoramus (yourself) endorses two others (Barna and Viol), and “presto!”; instant legitimacy! I think in your “heart of hearts” you know what a joke you are, and that your “Imprimatur” of these two anti-Christs impresses no one credible.
God have mercy on you!
Pastor James Parker
Grace Gospel Church (Calgary)
It was just too charming not to share so Brant Hansen gave James Parker his own post. Kamp Krusty survived the arctic anger of a cranky Calgarian just fine.
James Parker has some issues, doesn’t he? Bill Kinnon of achievable ends decided to check and see if there really was a James Parker from Grace Church in Calgary ranting at Kamp Krusty and wound up in a email fight with Parker.
Putting my Sherlock Holmes chapeau sur ma tête, I Googled the church, found their site and enquired whether someone was masquerading as the pastor. Apparently someone wasn’t. At the end of that 20 something email conversation, said pastor was calling me a hypocrite, chicken and coward. (After I refused to confess that he was right and I was wrong and suggested the conversation come to an end.) And the funny thing is, the church is called Grace Gospel. Go figure.
I gotta tell ya, I think I’d rather spend time with most of the whacked-out filmmakers at Sundance then some of these people who profess Christ as their saviour. At least those filmmakers are honest about their own brokenness.
You have to go to Kamp Krusty wearing a bit of wit - I don’t think James Parker would find this comment funny:
I think you’re completely misunderstanding what Pastor Parker is saying. You see, in Canada, some english words are different and get lost in the translation. Fortunately for you, I’m somewhere around 49% Canadian, so I think I can help.
Here’s how his message actually should read in American English:
Please, post this on your site. You have an amazing intellect, reading, understanding, and agreeing with two others, Barna and Viola.
Of course, you’re incredible endorsement of Viola shows up on his blog. What wonderful promotinery is this!
I’m always amazed how one intellectual (yourself) endorses two others (Barna and Viola) and “presto!”; even more legitimacy! I think deep down in your soul you know what a joke many churches, especially Canadian ones are, and that your “Imprimatur” (sorry, no American translation for that word) of these two Christ-followers impresses with it’s credibility.May God continually bless you!
Pastor James “I wish I were actually Peter ‘Spiderman’” Parker
Grace Gospel Church (Calgary)
Canada.I prefer American bacon
There are several Grace Churches of various stripes in Calgary. I found Mr. Parker’s his welcome says:
Visiting a church for the first time usually creates a bit of uneasiness. So let me tell you in advance what we are like at Grace Gospel Church.
James Parker heads what is called a King James Only-ism church.Be uneasy.
Update: 4/4/08 James Parker popped into the comments to tell me his church is not KJV. Fair enough, I did some research, but I’m no further ahead and there is no point in making one mistake on top of another. I found Parker mentioned on Geraint’s Free Presbyertian Watch website, The Betrayal of Youth .
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I read Krusty’s entry, and I’m still shaking my head in disbelief that someone who calls himself a pastor would spew such venom–regardless of whose opinion is correct.
And another sterotype crashes and burns - polite Canadians.
KJV Only-ism doesn’t leave much room for dissent does it?
Hey, I’m a good Canadian. License and regulate pastors, I say! This sort of thing highlights a lacuna in our regulatory regime. : )
I dunno Dr. Dawg:
Mr. Parker needs some friends and some anger management - he is in meltdown. KJV Only-ism thrives on conflict.
Church leaders are under so much stress - licenced or not.
Licencing and a good education and support system helps, but there are too many carrying too big a load and not enough caretakers to take care of the caretakers.
I could care less, whether you “post” this on your sorry site, or not. You are an arrogant ignoramus, “approving” two others (Barna and Viol). [sic-Viola] Of course, your warm endorsement of Viol shows up on his blog. What shameless sluttery is this! It never ceases to amaze me, how one ignoramus (yourself) endorses two others (Barna and Viol), and “presto!”; instant legitimacy! I think in your “heart of hearts” you know what a joke you are, and that your “Imprimatur” of these two anti-Christs impresses no one credible.
God have mercy on you!
Pastor James Parker
Grace Gospel Church (Calgary)
This is in response to “Pastor”Parker…I think perhaps you should change the church’s name…I didn’t see any grace here!
Our church is not “King James only”. My, for a bunch of “thou shalt not judge” types, you are all quite judgmental!
Hi James:
I did further research, and still can’t figure out what your church is.
Your statement says:
“GGCC affirms and uses the King James Version of the Bible in its services, publications, and official functions.”
I’ll correct the post, if it’s still wrong then I’d appreciate your clarification.
Thanks for the opportunity to clarify: GGCC uses the KJV as stated, yet we do not condemn other versions as “satanic forgeries”, etc. as the extreme fundamentalists do. The “KJV only” are extreme on many areas, which GGCC does not support. By the way, if any of you will take the time to read “Pagan…”, you will see that Barna/Viola/Tyndale have hurled much more abusive language at pastors such as myself, than have been given by me; having said that, I stand by my comments, as originally given on Kamp Krusty”. “Sluttery” (though not found in the dictionary) adequately describes those (such as the authors/reviewer) who puff one another up via unqualified endorsements of books, that they have not checked out, for truth and accuracy; by “ignoramus”, I would refer to the embarrassingly false statement on p. 226: “The New Testament is made up mostly of the apostle Paul’s letters; in fact he wrote two-thirds of it”. Yet, these biblical ignoramuses are going to teach US about church? Double LOL! (I am currently preparing a manuscript to deal with the historical distortions, biblical blunders, half-truths and mean spirited innuendos that plague the “Pagan…” book).