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Riffs: 12:20:07: Religion Reporters Do Love Their Christmas Legends

UPDATE: Check out what Williams really said when he used the word “legend.” Talk about a hit piece. Sad. Here’s the Transcript. Check out the deliberate misquoting. UPDATE II: Here’s Williams just a few days ago when asked if he believed in the virgin birth. Yes; I believe that the conception of Jesus was aContinue reading “Riffs: 12:20:07: Religion Reporters Do Love Their Christmas Legends”

Internet Monk Radio Podcast #81 (Christmas Message)

An Advent/Christmas devotion and greetings.

Review: Thank God For Evolution! by Michael Dowd

UPDATE: Rev. Dowd has graciously joined the comment thread. Thank God For Evolution! is available as a free pdf download. If you haven’t read the book and don’t plan on it, please keep your comments about the book and the author appropriately humble. Don’t expect a creationist debate in the comments of this post. Also,Continue reading “Review: Thank God For Evolution! by Michael Dowd”

The Problem With Real Christians

In the first place the situation in the actual world is much more complicated than that. The world does not consist of 100 per cent Christians and 100 per cent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name; someContinue reading “The Problem With Real Christians”

No Big Thing

I want to start this post with a quote from a typical ambitious evangelical church that wants to grow. Get big. Add lots of people. Become “mega.” Get the crowds and their kids in the doors. But I’ve decided not to insult you. If you don’t know the vast majority of American Christianity is aboutContinue reading “No Big Thing”

The Mood of Advent: We All Need A Savior

Update: This piece isn’t universally appreciated 🙂 Remember that Advent isn’t the season of Joy. It’s the season of waiting. I have several friends who are doing Advent in their Baptist churches for the first time, and they have lots of questions about candles and logistics. I wish there were more questions about Advent itself.Continue reading “The Mood of Advent: We All Need A Savior”

Recommendation: The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church

I’m sure many of you have noticed that this web site is now being sponsored by New Reformation Press, and I appreciate all of you that have clicked over to NRP and visited. They have many outstanding products that you won’t find elsewhere. Very good people. Among the products I’d like to most recommend isContinue reading “Recommendation: The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church”

Coffee Cup Apologetics 30

Podcast 30 Should we do apologetics with people who really, really dislike Christianity? (There’s some empty space on the end of this one. My apologies. I don’t want to redo the whole podcast over 4 minutes.) The podcast website is Coffee Cup Apologetics. All the episodes of Coffee Cup Apologetics are now on iTunes. GoContinue reading “Coffee Cup Apologetics 30”

Internet Monk Radio Podcast #80

Various Christmas thoughts. On seeing Golden Compass. Merton’s Day. On Post-evangelicalism. InternetMonk.com’s new sponsor: New Reformation Press.

Henry’s Boys

In a church in Georgetown, Kentucky this week, there is going to be a funeral for one of my fellow teachers at the ministry where I serve. His name was Henry. Henry came to our school from a career in ministry, public school administration and teaching. After retirement he lost his wife, and a greatContinue reading “Henry’s Boys”