The year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Five, will forever be known as the year where the same churches who boycotted stores for cancelling Christmas decided it was in the best interests of everyone to cancel Christmas services, being as the day had the bad form to occur on a Sunday, and we couldContinue reading “Christmas 2005”
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Thoughts on Ephesians 4:29, 5:4
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” (Eph. 4:29, ESV) “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there beContinue reading “Thoughts on Ephesians 4:29, 5:4”
Prissy Protestants: Why We Need More Men Like Peggy Noonan
The topic of the week here at InternetMonk (and the tavern across the road) is bad language. It’s a strange theme for the fourth week in Advent, I admit, but it’s what’s got my brain in gear. Even stranger is the fact that I am going to prominently use the word “prissy” in this post,Continue reading “Prissy Protestants: Why We Need More Men Like Peggy Noonan”
Judging Scripture
A Survey of The Surprising Language of the Bible, by Philip Winn BHT fellow Philip Winn has written a survey of crude language in scripture. It’s a helpful orientation to some little known statements in the Bible, and the language Christians believe- in one way or another- is divinely inspired. It’s an eye opening tour,Continue reading “Judging Scripture”
The Tyranny of the Offended
How do we honor Paul’s pastoral advice, but not let the most easily offended among us become tyrants in the body of Christ? 1 Corinthians 8. Romans 14. These chapters have been my nightly reading many times after a controversy with my opponents on the reformed watchblogs. How do we treat those with whom weContinue reading “The Tyranny of the Offended”
The Humility Zone
Why our conflicts over the Bible and Theology may sometimes have nothing whatsoever to do with being right. Every so often, I will have a bit of an Epiphany. I wish I had written them all down, because sometimes the clarity of the moment balances weeks, months, years of confusion and I feel like I’veContinue reading “The Humility Zone”
The Conversion Of The Evangelical Imagination
Father Andrew Greeley may be writing with a wink when he wonders if evangelicals have considered the possible irony of their current interest in movies, but the point is still well made. Secondly, it seems to me that the evangelicals slip dangerously close to Catholic idolatry when they embrace a wondrous allegory as a summaryContinue reading “The Conversion Of The Evangelical Imagination”
Looking Away From The Darkened Sun
Chuck Colson writes a riveting piece in Christianity Today on his own dark night of the soul. The key quote (my bold): Exhausted from hospitals, two years of writing The Good Life, and an ugly situation with a disgruntled former employee, I found myself wrestling with the Prince of Darkness, who attacks us when weContinue reading “Looking Away From The Darkened Sun”
Review: Fool's Gold
Fool’s Gold, John Macarthur, general editor, 2005 Crossway Books, with chapters by Nathan Busenitz, Scott Lang, Phil Johnson, Daniel Gillespie, Rick Holland, Carey Hardy, Kurt Gebhards, Dan Dumas. The following review by Dr. John Bombaro, (Ph.d, Edinburgh University) is reprinted in its entirety, with permission, from the most recent issue of Modern Reformation Magazine.
Review: Colossians Remixed
Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat. IVP, 2004. Reading, rereading, hearing, rehearing, teaching, reteaching, discussing, rediscussing….the letters of Paul and books/sermons/teaching from them. Sometimes, I become quite bored, I’ll admit. In the conservative evangelical circles I move in, Paul gets a lot of attention, and everyone assumes they understand him. He isContinue reading “Review: Colossians Remixed”
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