{"id":5574,"date":"2012-06-13T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2012-11-28T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T16:26:31","slug":"farewell-to-phil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2012\/06\/13\/farewell-to-phil\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Phil"},"content":{"rendered":"

“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” (William Shakespeare)<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes anyone else think that Phil ought to be forced at gunpoint to enter the blogosphere?\u201d (Scott McClare at the Fighting Fundamentalist Forums)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n

I know what you’re thinking: “We’re never<\/em>\u00a0going to finish the prophetic books are we?”<\/p>\n

We will. But every so often there’s an event in the Christian blogosphere that requires us to stop, take stock, and reflect. And contrary to what many of the hysteria-prone residents of the internet would have you believe, they don’t come around very often. However, yesterday<\/em> was one of those events.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Phil Johnson basically announced that he’s retiring from the internet.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now I’ll admit, that’s a slightly sensationalist way of putting it, but you’re welcome to read the post for yourself and get the details. Suffice to say, the original Pyromaniac<\/a>\u00a0is hanging up his hat to focus on other things. I wish him all the best, but I wanted to briefly take a moment to share with you what this man has meant to me.<\/p>\n