Originally published at the Steve Brown, Etc. Guest Room Blog. You also might enjoy “The Great Pumpkin Proposes a Toast,” from deep in the IM archives. Here’s a good post on “How to have a great Catholic Halloween.” No Protestants are harmed. It’s OK. The best article on Hallloween remains James Jordan’s “A Different ViewContinue reading “iMonk 101: My Annual Halloween Rant (One of them) Revisited”
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Coming Up: Bryan Cross Interview + Catholic Resources
A few Catholic oriented items here at IM, freely borrowing from other blogs. I’m going to surprise a lot of you with an interview post with Catholic blogger Bryan Cross, writer at Principium Unitatis. I’ve often been a bit snarky to Bryan, but when it comes to the subject of Christian unity, he’s really anContinue reading “Coming Up: Bryan Cross Interview + Catholic Resources”
The Evangelical Liturgy 18: The Prayers Of The People
See Dennis Bratcher’s excellent article on “The Prayers of the People” in liturgy. A full tutorial on different kinds of prayers, litanies, collects, etc is available from ELC Canada. The idea of congregational “prayer requests” in a worship service is enough to cause anyone orchestrating a seeker service to run screaming from a planning meeting.Continue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 18: The Prayers Of The People”
It was a bad post and here’s my excuse
I shouldn’t have reposted my post on “I Want My Sermon On The Mount Back.” It was a bad post, and I’m retracting this repost. The original is intact and these comments are here, though closed. 1) I’ve had a brutal week. Good friend in Markey Cancer Center with leukemia. Conflicts at work. Finals. DeniseContinue reading “It was a bad post and here’s my excuse”
Riffs: 10:20:09: The Status of the Reformation according to 9 Marks and B16
UPDATE: Fr. Dwight Longnecker has a great analysis of what the new RCC/Anglican arrangement will mean and how it will work. The 9 Marks blog is increasingly, uh…interesting….from a post-evangelical perspective. Jonathan Leeman writes about the danger of seminary profs being disconnected from the local church, a point that I fully agree with based onContinue reading “Riffs: 10:20:09: The Status of the Reformation according to 9 Marks and B16”
The Evangelical Liturgy 17: The Lord’s Supper
Here’s the intro to this series. All posts are under the “Evangelical Liturgy” category. In the past two years, I have written extensively here at IM in an attempt to recover some sanity, frequency and meaningful practice of the Lord’s Supper in my Baptist tradition. You can find those posts in the “Baptists” and “Church”Continue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 17: The Lord’s Supper”
Keep Going
More self-indulgent thoughts on my life. Skip if that annoys you. In the middle of this week, I heard some seriously bad health news about a good friend. Yesterday, I had to turn down an opportunity I really wanted to accept. Last night, I got a confusing and frustrating work-related letter. Today, I’ve really struggledContinue reading “Keep Going”
Preaching For Grownups: Mark 10:35-52
Today’s Lectionary passage in the Gospel of Mark was the requests of James and John, Jesus’ response and his teaching on greatness and servanthood. I would have titled this something like “What’s Wrong With Ambition?” These messages won’t be sent to the iTunes feed any more. You’ll have to pick them up here on theContinue reading “Preaching For Grownups: Mark 10:35-52”
Liturgical Gangstas 16: Spiritual Warfare
UPDATE: Comments are closed. Welcome to IM’s popular feature, “The Liturgical Gangstas,” a panel discussion among different liturgical traditions represented in the Internet Monk audience. Who are the Gangstas? Father Ernesto Obregon is an Eastern Orthodox priest. Rev. Joe Boysel is an Anglican (AMiA) priest and professor of Bible at Ohio Christian University in Circleville,Continue reading “Liturgical Gangstas 16: Spiritual Warfare”
Internet Monk Radio Podcast #161
This week: This and That + Questions on God, Assurance and the Evangelical Wilderness. (NOTE: I need assistance on getting a good, hot sound from Garageband + Blue Snowball. Anyone with suggested settings?) Support the IM sponsors: New Reformation Press. Reformation theology for everyone. Rockbridge Seminary. Family, ministry and online seminary all coming together. ModernContinue reading “Internet Monk Radio Podcast #161”
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