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Post-Progressive

Labels aren’t everything, but here at Internet Monk we’ve talked a lot about being post-evangelical. The subtitle for the blog used to be “dispatches from the Post-Evangelical wilderness.” That was Michael Spencer’s journey, and it was also mine. From the culture of American evangelicalism to…what? Michael never really found a home in another tradition butContinue reading “Post-Progressive”

Monday with Michael Spencer: Chronicle of the Journey

Note from CM: Internet Monk has always been about the journey. Michael Spencer led the way by sharing his with us. Back in 2008, around the time I began reading and listening to his podcasts, Michael had the opportunity to take a sabbatical. This sabbatical gave him opportunity to chronicle the path he had taken,Continue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Chronicle of the Journey”

Another Look: Joe and Marge

Note from CM: It is good for me to look back on the relationships I have had in my hospice work. I don’t do it enough. Tonight, looking through some old posts, I was reminded of Joe and Marge, whom I knew in 2012. And my heart broke again. • • • Marge died today.Continue reading “Another Look: Joe and Marge”

The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 29, 2019

The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 29, 2019 ANGLICAN IMMIGRANT INITIATIVE… With the refugee situation on our southern border rising to such prominence this past week, it is refreshing to read this: For the two last years, the Church of St. Clement (Anglican) in El Paso had opened its doors monthly to house 30 ofContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 29, 2019”

The Bible’s Formation: Beyond a “Binder” Mentality

One of the best books available on the subject of how the NT canon was formed is Craig Allert’s A High View of Scripture. Allert is an evangelical, but he became troubled with the “dropped from the sky” view of scripture that evangelicals hold. He came to believe “that a high view of Scripture shouldContinue reading “The Bible’s Formation: Beyond a “Binder” Mentality”

God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation, by Jon Garvey, Chapter 4 – When “Very Good” Isn’t Good Enough

God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation, by Jon Garvey Chapter 4 – When “Very Good” Isn’t Good Enough We will continue our review of God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation, by Jon Garvey. Today is Chapter 4 – When “Very Good” Isn’t Good Enough. Jon makes the very cogentContinue reading “God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation, by Jon Garvey, Chapter 4 – When “Very Good” Isn’t Good Enough”

Bring Out the Millstones

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this childContinue reading “Bring Out the Millstones”

Another Look: Just in case you were wondering, I love the Bible

Just in case you were wondering, I love the Bible. I learned this from my life in evangelicalism. One key characteristic of evangelical Christianity is its commitment to the Bible as God’s Word. The evangelical (and “soft” fundamentalist) churches I was in were “Bible” churches, plain and simple. That’s what we were about. We taughtContinue reading “Another Look: Just in case you were wondering, I love the Bible”

N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible

N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible Most heirs of the Reformation, not least evangelicals, take if for granted that we are to give scripture the primary place and that everything else has to be lined up in relation to scripture. There is, indeed, an evangelical assumption, common in some circles, that evangelicals do notContinue reading “N.T. Wright on The Authority of the Bible”

Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!)

Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!) At his fine blog, Glory to God for All Things, Fr. Freeman makes some important remarks to those of us who are of Protestant or Catholic faith on matters related to the afterlife. The topics of heaven, hell, purgatory, hades, life-after-death, the judgment, etc.,Continue reading “Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!)”