When Mr. Obama was elected, I told some of my friends, “This is going to be difficult for some people.” And, unfortunately, not only was I right, I was right on the money as to who would have the most difficult time seeing a black Democrat take the office of President. For the past twoContinue reading “Christians: What are you saying about the President?”
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Refelctions on Being the Parent of Adult Children
When you are a 52 year old dad, and you have a 20 year old, college student son, it’s not all that unusual if you don’t have many one-on-one, personal conversations. But my son and I had a good one today, and it left me with an abundance of things to reflect on. 1. I’mContinue reading “Refelctions on Being the Parent of Adult Children”
Rod Parsley Ruins Christmas
UPDATE: A story at Baptist Press spreads similar Christmas cheer. If anyone knows Michael Horton’s email, send this one to him please. He’ll appreciate it. There are two kinds of evangelicals who read the Internet Monk web site. The first, like myself, find it increasingly hard to identify with evangelicalism. The metaphor of “the evangelicalContinue reading “Rod Parsley Ruins Christmas”
Christmas Pageant Disaster and Mars Hill Snow Days: Lessons for the Megachurches
Lazurus here. The last four days in the tomb were no fun. Thanks to Jesus for getting me out. Two items of interest regarding unusual situations in large churches caught my attention yesterday. First, a Cincinnati church was putting on a Christmas pageant when a woman fell 25 feet to her death during some kindContinue reading “Christmas Pageant Disaster and Mars Hill Snow Days: Lessons for the Megachurches”
“Additional Doctrines,” Baptist Style
In debates and discussions here at Internet Monk.com, a reader is likely to read that Catholics have “added doctrines” to Christianity. My reaction is not so much to challenge the statement- I believe it is a universal fact in Christian history- but to raise the issue of whether evangelicals really shouldn’t be somewhat more carefulContinue reading ““Additional Doctrines,” Baptist Style”
An Ideal Evangelicalism?
Somewhere in the previous orgy of comments I’ve had this week, someone asked me to write about “What do you see as the ideal evangelicalism?” There is no ideal evangelicalism and there’s not going to be. It’s certainly not going to be ideal if I am the architect. So let’s not get out of handContinue reading “An Ideal Evangelicalism?”
When the “Reached” are “Unreached”
UPDATE: I had to close out the discussion when the two infallible versions of Christianity started talking to each other. Since I can’t buy either one of them, I got annoyed. (If you are one of the people assigned to monitor this blog and report anything unusual, I’d suggest you might want to drive toContinue reading “When the “Reached” are “Unreached””
Seven Observations For Parents (And the Best of IM’s Parenting Posts)
In the eight years (this month!) that I’ve been writing here at Internet Monk.com, I’ve said a lot less about parenting than I should be saying. Recently, a reader wrote me to say that he valued my view on many issues of life and family because I was older (52) and I’ve been through manyContinue reading “Seven Observations For Parents (And the Best of IM’s Parenting Posts)”
Dear Ed Young,
Blame Bill Kinnon. And if talk about sex bothers you, then you probably need another religion. You’re out of luck in this one. Dear Ed Young, It was the grin that really got to me. The arrogant, know-it-all, self-confident, re-inventing the wheel, just got me some grin. The “I am a young pastor and IContinue reading “Dear Ed Young,”
The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism part 3: Christian Community
I am continuing my look at the sources of disillusionment within evangelicalism. This will be a five part series, with four posts on the sources of personal disillusionment and one on responding to these personal sources. Here is part 1 and part 2. 3. The Disillusionment of Christian Community [I want to be very clearContinue reading “The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism part 3: Christian Community”
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