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Two of the Coolest Guys I Met At Cornerstone: Soong-Chan Rah and Richard Twiss + Some Other Guy

Lots of great Cornerstone personality videos at Prof Rah’s You Tube page. NOTE: Richard Twiss is going to be at Asbury October 15-17.

Internet Monk Radio Podcast #151

This week: Powerpoint is boring. Churches can be wrong. Checking in on my disciples. Church and Kingdom again. Support the IM sponsors: New Reformation Press. New teaching available. Emmaus Retreat Center. A great place for your next group or individual retreat. E3 Sudan is church planting and training pastors in the Sudan. The Ministry toContinue reading “Internet Monk Radio Podcast #151”

Leaving Room For Churches To Be Wrong

UPDATE II: Phillip Winn has an excellent response to this post. UPDATE: Moderation is on. My apologies that I have to do this so often. Bill Kinnon reviews DeYoung and Kluck’s newest book, Why We Love the Church. I haven’t read the book, and won’t, but Bill did, and talks about it. Tim Challies reviewedContinue reading “Leaving Room For Churches To Be Wrong”

iMonk 101: Alastair Roberts on “The Denominational Church”

Looking over recent comments and emails, it occured to me that many of you would benefit from the writing of Alastair Roberts- a former IM favorite blogger now semi-retired- who wrote some of the most helpful thoughts about the church I’ve ever read. In fact, I carry around the originals in my brief bag allContinue reading “iMonk 101: Alastair Roberts on “The Denominational Church””

Sheep On A Mission

Just a seed of some thoughts. Don’t have time to develop them. About to travel, etc. But maybe you can improve them. Paul the Apostle, II Corinthians 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 4 He comforts us inContinue reading “Sheep On A Mission”

How to Preach What’s Not The Gospel

Note: Adrian Warnock preaches the Gospel. He also made a great picture 🙂 In a few days, I’ll gather my chapel preachers together for our orientation to the preaching work of the year. As I do every year, I’ll tell them to preach the Gospel. I’ll hand out “Two Ways To Live” and talk aboutContinue reading “How to Preach What’s Not The Gospel”

Saturday Is For Asking Questions

NOTE: A question appeared this evening about two Ky preachers. I made two factual errors in my answer. I have never met or heard the one I said I’d met and heard- completely thinking of someone else- and I said the other was dead, which was incorrect. Very bad error on my part, and myContinue reading “Saturday Is For Asking Questions”

Dr. Valerie Tarico- Non-theists and Evangelicals: The IM Interview

I have been wanting to do an interview with an articulate and perceptive non-theist, and I have found one in Dr. Valerie Tarico, author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth. What’s the point? 1. Evangelicals are constantly mischaracterizing non-theists. We need to listen and not preach. 2. There is someContinue reading “Dr. Valerie Tarico- Non-theists and Evangelicals: The IM Interview”

Looking For Luther

UPDATE: A great intro to Luther is “Luther for Armchair Theologians” written by Steven Paulson, a speaker at the recent Mockingbird Conference. Also, New Reformation Press has lots of Lutheran theology resources at 10% off right now. Apparently, by the email count, I’ve said something right. Earlier in the day, Blue Raja and I hadContinue reading “Looking For Luther”

David Zahl Talks About Mockingbird Ministries: The IM Interview

UPDATE: Baptists might want to read this post on semi-Pelagianism, and enjoy the Tom Petty video 🙂 If you’ve been paying attention, you should have noticed that the most interesting blog out in the Christian/Reformation blogosphere is Mockingbird, the front page to the world of Mockingbird Ministries. Dead on, provocative stuff with the strong scentContinue reading “David Zahl Talks About Mockingbird Ministries: The IM Interview”