Author Archives: Chaplainmike

Internet Monk Radio Podcast #125

This week: A Note from God, and the iMonk goes a bit nuts over legalism. Our sponsors are: 60 Ways to Leave Your Mother…Alone. A comic by Michael Buckley. New Reformation Press. Download new teaching by Dr. Rod Rosenbladt. Zaccheus Press– Fine Catholic Books, including Priestblock 25487. Want to be an IM advertiser? Want overContinue reading “Internet Monk Radio Podcast #125”

Spiritual Depression and the Search For the One True Church (I’d like to hear the opinion of the room.)

The following comment appeared in the Losing God comment thread. Please read it, with special consideration of what is said, not the person saying it (whom I don’t know and neither do you.) I do not struggle with “Is Christianity true?” vs atheism, Islam, Hinduism etc. My “spiritual depression” is caused by the continual duelingContinue reading “Spiritual Depression and the Search For the One True Church (I’d like to hear the opinion of the room.)”

Recommendation and Review: Losing God by Matt Rogers

Comments are moderated. Be patient. UPDATE: Trevin Wax, who recommended the book to me, is reviewing it today as well. Matt Rogers has written a book on the Christian experience of depression and doubt. Losing God is a brief, but intensely honest first person account of Rogers’ own battle with depression, a battle that tookContinue reading “Recommendation and Review: Losing God by Matt Rogers”

iMonk 101: “Mr. Spencer, How Would You Like Your Crow?”

UPDATE: Read how Obama and Warren defied the culture war, from the current Christian Century. Here’s a reposting of my official withdrawal from the ranks of predictable critics of Rick Warren. I was wrong, and I said so. This first appeared at IM November 1st, 2007. BTW, I think more highly of Warren now thanContinue reading “iMonk 101: “Mr. Spencer, How Would You Like Your Crow?””

Thinking Differently, Disagreeing Charitably

I was recently reading a book of Catholic apologetics that wanted to illustrate the insufficiency of sola scriptura. For an example, the author selected some issues about which evangelicals feel strongly, but which the author believed are not specifically spelled out in scripture to the extent that evangelicals claim. One of the issues was polygamy.Continue reading “Thinking Differently, Disagreeing Charitably”

The Lessons of Two Prayers: Warren and Robinson

UPDATE: Lauren Green on the two prayers. Bishop Gene Robinson- who needs no introduction, does he?- prayed at an Inaugural event over the weekend. Bishop Robinson got the gig not because he is a spiritual leader or is looked up to by Christians, but because he is the first openly gay bishop in the ECUSA.Continue reading “The Lessons of Two Prayers: Warren and Robinson”

Holes in the Soul

Back in the day, I got a psych major in my undergrad work. That’s pretty ironic, believe me, in more ways than you can imagine. I can’t say I learned a great deal, but I did begin a lifelong journey of making observations and drawing tentative conclusions about myself. If I would have paid attentionContinue reading “Holes in the Soul”

New Rosenbladt Available at NRP: “When Fathers Die It’s Always Too Early.”

New Reformation Press is working hard to get quality Lutheran and Reformation theology products to the IM audience and I want to thank all of you who have visited the site and made purchases. Now NRP has something new that I know many of you are waiting for: a new set of teaching from Dr.Continue reading “New Rosenbladt Available at NRP: “When Fathers Die It’s Always Too Early.””

Riffs: 01:18:09: Are Southern Baptists Getting It? Maybe.

An IM reader sent along this piece from the Nashville Tennessean newspaper on the current decline of the Southern Baptist Convention. There’s some rare honesty in this piece, and I hope SBC leaders are listening. For example, Bill Leonard, one of my favorite professors from seminary days, talks about the SBC’s changing demographics. This reallyContinue reading “Riffs: 01:18:09: Are Southern Baptists Getting It? Maybe.”