Category Archives: Difficult Scriptures

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14, NLT) In last week’s Difficult Scriptures, many of you thought the passage too easy. Or, perhaps, you didn’t care to dig deeply enough. There was a lot of meat left on that bone, monks. This week’s verse is a head-scratcher. Who are those whoContinue reading “Difficult Scriptures: Matthew 22:14”

1 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. 2 “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. 3 A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in thisContinue reading “Difficult Scriptures: Luke 18: 1-8”

I am often asked what the purpose of Internet Monk is. What are we trying to do? Depending on who is asking, and on whatever mood I’m in, I might answer in a variety of ways. But the response I give most often is that we are a wrestling mat where ideas are tossed. OurContinue reading “Difficult Scriptures: Exodus 4:24-26”