I love the PB because it makes available a treasure trove of reformed related information and commentary on everything from movies to missiology, food to fellowship and wonkery to worship. But this ready availability also comes with a liability - you lessen your privacy and anonymity in the 'cyberworld'.
With this writing my post count becomes 3,115. That's a lot of posts, not near as many as some, but enough to insure that a google search of my name will quickly return more than a casual view into my identity and convictions. My blog sites add to the impossibility that I can hide under a bushel.
Please remember that the PB is NOT an obscure corner of the internet. We have thousands of info stealing 'spiders' each day but also real human beings who read with interest who and what is written here. Senior and associate pastors, employers, seminary staff, doctors and professors, publishers, relatives all will be reading these posts at one time or another.
Also remember that there are forums that can be seen by members only and those viewable by anyone passing through - please plan your post according. Our Lords warning from Luke 12 may have an application to us on this point -
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2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
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