Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. (Isa. 45:15) No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. (John 1:18) • • • I love the posture and the expression on the faceContinue reading “Another Look: Epiphany — the Hidden God Revealed”
Yearly Archives: 2020
Another Look: A Big Ol’ Losers’ Convention
• Matthew 5:1-12 so many people here to hear him from everywhere, of every kind no religious crowd this one! check out that bloke over there loser if i’ve ever seen one not an ounce of righteousness in him wouldn’t know a tithe from a toothbrush couldn’t find genesis if you handed him a bibleContinue reading “Another Look: A Big Ol’ Losers’ Convention”
On My Winter Playlist…
For all with cabin fever — seasonal or otherwise. Sometimes the best map will not guide you You can’t see what’s round the bend Sometimes the road leads through dark places Sometimes the darkness is your friend Today these eyes scan bleached-out lands For the coming of the outbound stage Pacing the cage… • Songwriter:Continue reading “On My Winter Playlist…”
Sermon for Epiphany I: In Christ (Eph. 1:3-14)
SERMON for Epiphany I (Ephesians 1:3-14) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places… (Ephesians 1.3) • The Lord be with you. On our recent trip to Europe something I hadn’t anticipated happened. One day we took theContinue reading “Sermon for Epiphany I: In Christ (Eph. 1:3-14)”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 11, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 11, 2020 READ THIS PLEASE: I promise that this year — election year though it may be — will not find Internet Monk dominated by political themes and commentary. We won’t avoid it either, but when we deal with political matters, I will try to focus primarily on theContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 11, 2020”
Friday with Michael Spencer: Holes in the Soul
Friday with Michael Spencer Holes in the Soul Back in the day, I got a psych major in my undergrad work. That’s pretty ironic, believe me, in more ways than you can imagine. I can’t say I learned a great deal, but I did begin a lifelong journey of making observations and drawing tentative conclusionsContinue reading “Friday with Michael Spencer: Holes in the Soul”
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 9.
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 9. Chapter 11 is entitled, How to Manufacture a War: History like the Universe, Is Larger and More Interesting Than You Thought. In this chapter Wallace recounts the story of Galileo and his battle with the church as the beginningContinue reading “Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 9.”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: The Face of the Gracious God
Wednesday with Michael Spencer The Face of the Gracious God As always, dedicated to Fr. Robert Capon, a light for me upon the gracious face of God. Religion #1: God is mean, angry and easily provoked. From day 1, we’ve all been a disappointment, and God is–justly–planning to punish us forever. At the last minute,Continue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: The Face of the Gracious God”
Tuesday with Michael Spencer: Five Reasons I Don’t Use the Term “Inerrancy”
Tuesday with Michael Spencer Five Reasons I Don’t Use the Term “Inerrancy” Five Reasons I Don’t Use The Term Inerrancy: 1. Inerrancy is a term that requires too many intelligent, honest Christians to violate their consciences over what they read in the text of the Bible, and no amount of “Resolving Bible Difficulties” resources canContinue reading “Tuesday with Michael Spencer: Five Reasons I Don’t Use the Term “Inerrancy””
Monday with Michael Spencer: A Crowd of Witnesses
Monday with Michael Spencer A Crowd of Witnesses One of these days I am going to write a tribute post to the wonderful reformed historian and biographer, Iain Murray. Murray has created a legacy of something we desperately need in Christianity: the lives of the “saints” that surround us on the journey. That’s a valuableContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: A Crowd of Witnesses”
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