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iMonk Classic: A Young Person’s Guide To The Book Of Revelation

This is an essay Michael Spencer prepared as a way to help the young people he taught understand the book of Revelation. I find that, even though I’m no longer “young,” this helps me greatly when preparing to read through what may be the most difficult book in all of Scripture. You may want toContinue reading “iMonk Classic: A Young Person’s Guide To The Book Of Revelation”

Saturday Ramblings 10.8.11

The Tulsa State Fair is underway, which means two things. No one has yet figured out that Tulsa is not a “state,” and you will breathe more secondhand cholesterol there than the rest of your life combined. Not exactly pining for a Krispy Kreme burger or a slab of fried butter this year, I passedContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 10.8.11”

No Stinking up God’s Place! (or, “How to Be Perfect like God”)

I’m pleased to introduce you to our newest writer, Craig Bubeck. I’ve known Craig for a decade now as a fellow editor and as a book co-writer. But most of all, Craig is my dear, dear friend. When we have gone to writers’ conferences together, we would sit up late into the night talking theologyContinue reading “No Stinking up God’s Place! (or, “How to Be Perfect like God”)”

Brennan Manning’s Last Words

There is something very haunting about Johnny Cash’s album, Ain’t No Grave. Cash finished recording it just a few days before his death in September, 2003. Listening to tracks on this album, you can hear death in Cash’s voice, making the songs even more poignent than ever. The same can be said of The Wind,Continue reading “Brennan Manning’s Last Words”

The Mysteries of the Rosary

The above heading is a phrase from a short prayer said during the recitation of the Rosary: “Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy RosaryContinue reading “The Mysteries of the Rosary”

Open Mic: The New Apostolic Reformation

C. Peter Wagner was interviewed this week by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air. Gross is a seasoned interviewer who through kindness draws out what many other interviewers would never even get to in a subject. Perhaps we found out more from Wagner than we ever wanted to hear. Wagner is the leader of theContinue reading “Open Mic: The New Apostolic Reformation”

Five Things Science Cannot Prove (but are necessary for science to work)

iMonk contributor and Liturgical Gangsta Daniel Jepsen stopped by the iMonastery today to share some thoughts on science. I told him his ideas were quite timely as I am hoping to explore this topic more fully this month. Daniel agree to share his thoughts with us all. Read and comment as always, but remember, heContinue reading “Five Things Science Cannot Prove (but are necessary for science to work)”

Denise Spencer: Innocent For Now

Becoming a grandparent is a very retro experience. I’m only getting started, but I’m already remembering things I’d forgotten about my children when they were infants. If you’ll indulge a doting “Grandmere,” I’d like to share just one of them. The other day I went to visit my five-month-old grandson, Silas, at daycare. His daycareContinue reading “Denise Spencer: Innocent For Now”

Innocent For Now

What To Expect

Hi there, fellow iMonks. Your friendly, neighborhood publisher here, wishing you well on this Monday, the first Monday in October. Things are rather, well, less normal than usual here at the iMonastery today. That’s because Chaplain Mike has gone and left us. Okay, he’s only gone for a month, but I already miss that bigContinue reading “What To Expect”