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””
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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”
SERMON: Sit, Walk, and Stand – The Three Postures of the Christian (Ephesians)
SERMON: Sit, Walk, and Stand – the 3 postures of the Christian (Ephesians) The Lord be with you. Today we are deviating from the church calendar in order to begin the Epiphany season. Epiphany is tomorrow, January 6. It is the time of the church year when we mark how Jesus brought light to ourContinue reading “SERMON: Sit, Walk, and Stand – The Three Postures of the Christian (Ephesians)”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 4, 2020 — Annual Review and Preview
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 4, 2020 It’s almost Epiphany, the end of the 12 Days of Christmas in the Western Christian world. Time to take the Christmas decorations down. Our friend Mike Bell thinks his neighbors might have left theirs up a bit too long. Today, we will look back on 2019 hereContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: January 4, 2020 — Annual Review and Preview”
Decade’s End: 30 Favorite and Important Books I Read — 2010-2019
DECADE’S END 30 Favorite and Important Books I Read — 2010-2019 This list by no means represents all the books I read and enjoyed in the past ten years, but I have tried to boil it down to some of the most important and eye-opening ones I’ve had the privilege of digesting. • • •Continue reading “Decade’s End: 30 Favorite and Important Books I Read — 2010-2019”
Perspectives on Science and Faith for 2019
Perspectives on Science and Faith for 2019 I thought I’d review the relationship between science and the Christian faith for the past year. This is strictly from my own perspective as chronicler of things science-y and faith-y for Internet Monk and I don’t purport to be exhaustive or even statistically significant (hah, hah, see whatContinue reading “Perspectives on Science and Faith for 2019”
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Decade’s End: My Favorite Albums — 2010-2019 — PLUS Song of the Year 2019
DECADE’S END My Favorite Albums Each Year from 2010-2019 • 2010: Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle Runner-up: American VI: Ain’t No Grave, Johnny Cash 2011: Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars Runner-up: So Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon 2012: Ashes & Roses, Mary Chapin Carpenter Runner-up: That’s Why God Made the Radio, The Beach Boys 2013: LinesContinue reading “Decade’s End: My Favorite Albums — 2010-2019 — PLUS Song of the Year 2019”
Randy Thompson: Christmas Cheer and the Fear of the Lord
Christmas Cheer and the Fear of the Lord by Randy Thompson And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (Luke 2:8, KJV) In reading Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus, we tend to go flying past “and the glory of the Lord shoneContinue reading “Randy Thompson: Christmas Cheer and the Fear of the Lord”
Sermon: The first family Christmas
Note from CM: We are on the road for a few days, so no Sunday sermon for this post. Here is the sermon I preached on Christmas Eve, giving a different perspective on what that first Christmas might have been like. • • • Sermon: Christmas Eve 2019 The first family Christmas The Lord beContinue reading “Sermon: The first family Christmas”