Over the past few weeks, I have passed on blogging responses to dozens and dozens of posts around the net, because I didn’t want [name deleted] up on it again, and I didn’t want to put up with the weirdness that has become the reaction to the BHT in certain insulated circles.

But there is no nicer guy on the net than Tim Challies, so I am going to venture a few comments on a current post on his blog. I feel stupid saying this, but I am not attacking Tim. I am not throwing a tirade. I am not losing it. I am not embracing postmodernism. I am not attacking Calvinism. I am not itching for a fight with [name deleted.] Fill in the blanks as needed.

Tim is writing about Postmodern Moral Authority. It’s a well written piece, and there is much to agree with, particularly on how anyone who believes in the God of Jesus feels when they walk through the world. I am always affected by those passages where Jesus looks at the world and feels compassion. His tears over Jerusalem tell us everything of how we should view our world. As I stand in front of my students, I pray God will always give me the heart of Jesus, because I feel the tragedy of moral chaos that is all around me, and I see it in the faces and lives of students that I love.
Continue reading “Postmodernism or Modernism on fumes?: From assertion to conversation in the cause of Jesus”

I don’t know when it finally dawned on me that people were reading my work on the internet. I started Internet Monk in November of 2000, and at the time, I never really considered if I would have much of an audience. It was a way to write, and I needed to write. It was and is a necessary part of my being Self-publishing gave my ego the boost I needed to sit down and actually do the work of writing. After years of writing columns and articles that no one read, there was tremendous satisfaction in being author, editor and publisher. I still appreciate the amazing gift I received by the invention of this technology.

Of course, almost five years have passed. Internet Monk and Boar’s Head Tavern have a loyal- and increasing- audience. I have thousands of letters from readers, and, most recently, I’ve been told that I am leading Israel astray and might want to watch my back. “Those of us who know the truth” are watching. I certainly hope so. If you’re out there, keep reading.

I really haven’t thought much about the role of the Christian blogosphere until my recent run-in with those who considered it very important that I know “people are reading what you write.” Wow. Now I’ve had some time to think…and I’ve decided I’m a pirate.
Continue reading “Prepare To Be Blogged: Thoughts From The Pirate Blogosphere”