By far, the most thoughtful and thorough response to all the “sex” hubbub raised by the Driscolls and Youngs and their recent books and publicity stunts comes from Matthew Lee Anderson. I became aware of his analysis when I read the article, “The Trouble with Ed Young’s Rooftop Sexperiment,” at Christianity Today. I encourage youContinue reading “The Best Responses to the Driscolls and Youngs”
Category Archives: Culture
Guest Post: Quiet Desperation
NOTE FROM CM: Here is another email I received in response to the Driscoll post. This one is personal, poignant — a real challenge to the church. Having two sons in their 20’s, I often wonder how to help them deal with the kinds of issues today’s author brings to us. The author of thisContinue reading “Guest Post: Quiet Desperation”
Virtue and the Limits of Vulnerability
I received some thoughtful mail as a result of my response to Mark Driscoll’s book on marriage. Here is one of the best examples: Dear Chaplain Mike, I have just finished reading your post Top of My “Don’t Read” List. In it you mention that American culture has a strong “therapeutic ethos” and that thisContinue reading “Virtue and the Limits of Vulnerability”
Daniel Jepsen on Newt Gingrich, the Religious Right, and Rank Hypocrisy
NOTE FROM CM: Oh boy, another presidential election year is upon us in the good ol’ US of A! Here at Internet Monk, we don’t usually talk much about politics. It was the Apostle Paul who warned us, “Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge…” (1Tim 6:20). It seems toContinue reading “Daniel Jepsen on Newt Gingrich, the Religious Right, and Rank Hypocrisy”
Missing Church
I confess: we missed going to church yesterday on Christmas. Despite my strong opinions that churches should have services on Christmas whether it falls on Sunday or not, and that when it is on a Sunday churches should not cancel services, we didn’t make it yesterday. We had the best intentions and planned to goContinue reading “Missing Church”
I’m Dreaming of a Fight This Christmas…
The rumble you hear in the distance is the sound of heavy artillery. The Christmas Wars have begun. The advertisement accompanying today’s post is from the American Humanist Association. These will run on buses, billboards and in newspapers. This is AHA’s third consecutive holiday public awareness campaign to bring attention to discrimination against nonbelievers inContinue reading “I’m Dreaming of a Fight This Christmas…”
Welcome To This World
A video has been making the rounds on the Internet these days that begs a response. Before I make my comments, take time to watch this for yourself. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rwioe1SGkQ’%5D
Open Mic: Do We Need To Vote For A Christian?
I am going to say this right up front. I do not want any comments shilling for a specific candidate, or any comments that put down other candidates. Moderation (once I can get back to my computer) will be strict. Play by the rules, iMonks. Quite a dust storm has erupted from Dallas. No, asContinue reading “Open Mic: Do We Need To Vote For A Christian?”
Decline And Fall
There’s been a lot of discussion over the last 1500 years or so of what led to the fall of the Roman Empire and ushered in the Dark Ages. Such discussions are hard to conduct because already there are those (and I am among them) who want to point out that the eastern half ofContinue reading “Decline And Fall”
OK, I’m Blushing…
By Chaplain Mike Why does everything have to be an “issue” for Christians? Why do we feel the need to speak publicly about every matter under heaven? Why is so necessary to make it clear “where we stand” on everything? Can’t (shouldn’t) there be some things that we deal with quietly, privately, personally, face toContinue reading “OK, I’m Blushing…”
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