Wow.

That just about describes my reaction to the latest “miss”-ive from Ken Silva of Slice of Laodicea (SoL). If there are people on this earth that should not give a lesson on promoting unity in the body, I would include Ken right there at the top.

In today’s article, Ken writes:

Beloved, even though we will have differences may we be careful to honor our Lord in how we express those differences with fellow believers in our personal conversations with each other. Let us remember that it is written: “Let your speech be always with grace” (Colossians 3:16). (emphasis his)

This comes from the man who has called Christian brothers “spiritual pedophiles”, “cult leaders”, “wolves in sheep’s clothing” and “tools of Satan” (among other wonderful titles), and is continuing to do so on his website. As I’ve attempted to read many of his hate-filled articles, looking for the actual content on which he bases his wild assumptions and proclamations, I’m reminded of Lloyd Dobler’s sister in Say Anything and her lament:

“There’s no food in your food…”

Yeah – no food at all, just bile…

What is fairly unclear from both Ken & Ingrid’s writing of late is whether they are addressing their pro-Slice readers or only their critics. If they’re addressing the ‘amen chorus’ of Slice, it has missed the point, judging from the comments to recent posts. In fact, some of the nastiness was so vile in response to one post, that even Ingrid was finally forced to pull the plug on that thread. Slice’s intra-church bomb-throwing has become so ludicrous that the FARK website this week linked to their vegetable-chopping war on Veggie Tales. Sadly, if you read the comments on FARK to this article (language warning!), you will see what an awful witness Slice has become to the world.

Go Team!

How about getting some accountability there? Will anyone on their blogroll hold them accountable?

In the mean time, Ken’s hypocrisy has not gone unnoticed in the Christian blogosphere. I am all for church unity, and if Ken is stepping to the front of the line and not just providing he and his ‘beloved’ mendicants cover from which to cast bile-soaked stones at “false Christians” (i.e. anyone who disagrees with them), my skepticism is sadly out of line here.

Somehow, though, I am guessing it is not.