I am going to go on record here: that this pastor was compelled to apologize represents his denomination’s ridiculous religiosity and their complete failure to understand and practice love of neighbor. From Reuters: “Pastor apologizes for role in prayer vigil after Connecticut massacre” A Connecticut Lutheran pastor has apologized for participating in an interfaith prayerContinue reading “Ridiculous Religiosity”
Author Archives: Chaplainmike
“A Hope for Some Glory Other than a Crown of Thorns”
As part of my studies, I am trying to wrap my mind around Alan E. Lewis’s fine book, Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday. You will be hearing much more about this book in days to come as we move through the Lenten season and Holy Week. For today, I will shareContinue reading ““A Hope for Some Glory Other than a Crown of Thorns””
Latest Blog Rankings
UPDATE: I inadvertently copied and pasted an old listing of blog rankings. Here is the most current one. See if it changes any of your perceptions or observations: # Name Author AR CV PR GR HA RD 1 Between Two Worlds Justin Taylor 35,179 148,688 5 5,687 79 788 2 Jesus Creed Scot McKnight 7,035Continue reading “Latest Blog Rankings”
iMonk: All My Wrestling
From the classic Michael Spencer post: The Ecclesiastes Attitude * * * The God of the Bible knows what he is doing. His work is, as scripture says, “past finding out.” He asks for no advice. He is not holding question and answer press conferences. He is not writing books of ten easy-to-understand bullet pointedContinue reading “iMonk: All My Wrestling”
There Is No “Me and Jesus” in the Bible
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible by E. Randolph Richards & Brandon J. O’Brien IVP Books (2012) Part Two of a series. One major impediment Westerners have in reading the Bible and practicing the Christian faith is our individualistic perspective. For the Bible was written in a muchContinue reading “There Is No “Me and Jesus” in the Bible”
Love Passes By the “Righteous”
You see, it really is all Jesus’ fault – he goes and does the one thing you’re never supposed to do, even to strangers, let alone to friends and neighbors: He tells them the truth, the truth about their pettiness and prejudice, their fear and shame, their willingness, even eagerness, to get ahead at anyContinue reading “Love Passes By the “Righteous””
Saturday Ramblings 2.2.13
Ramblings is hearing rumblings of some big to-do down in the Big Easy this weekend. Once again, we have not paid the NFL (the No Fun League) the rights fee in order to say the name of this Really Big Game. So we will continue our tradition, started by Adam Palmer, of sliding one letterContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 2.2.13”
A Horse of a Different Color
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible by E. Randolph Richards & Brandon J. O’Brien IVP Books (2012) This is part one of a series of discussion-starters from this fine book. * * * “That is a good horse,” said the man as he watched it pull the farmer’sContinue reading “A Horse of a Different Color”
Renewing The Evangelical Worship Service, Part Two
This morning we began looking at some ideas that could help renew evangelicalism, or at least the weekly worship service aspect of many evangelical churches. I want to continue this discussion, but first a couple more observations. First of all, we must must must remember that the focus of the service is Jesus, not me.Continue reading “Renewing The Evangelical Worship Service, Part Two”
Renewing The Evangelical Worship Service
The last two weeks I have written about saving evangelicalism. I do believe it is worth saving—or, perhaps I should say it is worth renewing. If evangelicalism is simply to be saved in its current state, a self-indulgent movement where each person is a church of one and is taught how to become the personContinue reading “Renewing The Evangelical Worship Service”
The Internet Monk Archives 