Renwick House: A Clarification

Recently on the infamous weblog Shall We Sing a Song For You, I commented that Union College would be a better place to live than Renwick House. For those who do not know anything about these instituions do not worry about it (you have better things to do with your time). Making a negative comment about Renwick was immediately interpreted by the owner of the blog as “sour grapes” and bitterness because I was unsuccessful in applying for a position at Renwick the previous year. He made a number of “hit and run” comments which were an attack upon my honesty and an attempt to say I am a hypocrite; yet, sadly, he did not allow me to respond to his accusations as he closed the thread. Consequently, since the ninth commandment demands that we protect our own and our neighbour’s good name, I am called upon to protect the integrity of my characher.

1. I pointed out that Renwick House was in bondage to the civil magistrate, and protested against the system of Statist tyranny under which it operates. This is true. Ask the people who run it. Of course, Stephen Steele said “you have applied to live in Renwick (when statist tyranny etc didn’t seem to be an issue).” However, if he had allowed me to respond I would have informed him that I was not aware of the fact that Renwick House was under state authority when I applied for the post. Once I became aware of the fact that they were in bondage to Caesar, and upheld unbiblical, egalitarian employment policies, I was relieved that I did not have to work for them, and so when the opportunity to apply for the same post arose a year later, I did not apply for it. While I realise that we have to work within the system of Statist, Egalitarian, Socialist tyranny that we find ourselves in, there is no way that a house using the name of an anti-Erastian like James Renwick should be enslaved to the state (please keep in mind, despite popular opinion, that this venue has nothing to do with the Reformed Presbyterian Church).

2. I was continually accused of “bitterness” at not being appointed to the post. Let me just say that this assumption violates the Biblical directive not to impute evil motives to our neighbour when we cannot prove them (1 Cor. 13:5 NKJV). Can Stephen Steele tell what is on my heart? No. Then he should abstain from making such assumptions. All I was saying was that one place would be better to live in than another. Moreover, the charge of bitterness is unjustified as I contacted one of the committee in charge of Renwick House after I failed to get the post and voiced my disapproval of their Statism and Egalitarian compromise of Biblical principles. This is a Biblical way to deal with problems (Matt. 18:15-20), and as a result I was fully informed as to their unbiblical principles. And so, once I found out what principles the organisation was run on, I was pretty convinced that I would prefer not to work for them.

Having vindicated my character from false accusations, I remain convinced that the name of James Renwick – who died opposing Erastian tyranny – should not be associated with a residential house that operates an Egalitarian employment policy and is in bondage to the state. If anyone wishes to discuss the matter further, then please feel free to comment.

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