Today’s post is by Chaplain Mike. Last year, here in Indianapolis, a four-year-old was taken by emergency personnel to the hospital with a gunshot wound. At first, it was not clear what had happened. The family told police the child had shot himself. The police weren’t sure that the preschooler was strong enough to haveContinue reading “The Pre-Schooler and the Pistol”
Category Archives: Evangelical Anxieties
From the iMonk Archives: Gospel Relevance=Gospel Application
Since we have been discussing the Gospel and how it shapes our Christian lives, let’s continue the conversation by taking a look at this classic IM post from April, 2007. It amazes me that the apostles immediately know- they KNOW- that Christianity has to be applied in ways they had never thought before. Perhaps theContinue reading “From the iMonk Archives: Gospel Relevance=Gospel Application”
Can someone tell me why a “Creation” Educator is giving this speech at a “Creation Museum?”
A speech about saving America and the church, in case you just don’t care enough actually watch the clip before you comment. Anytime someone tells me the “Creation museum” is a museum I want to run this piece out. Ham’s organization owns this “museum.” It’s goal is to get the public in and discredit anyContinue reading “Can someone tell me why a “Creation” Educator is giving this speech at a “Creation Museum?””
How To Lose A Young Mind #1 (with a few thoughts on Dawkins)
(or Why Waste All That Time Considering Evidence When You Can Announce Your Presuppositions and Be Done With It) I’ve been monitoring a discussion at a prominent Calvinistic blog regarding Richard Dawkin’s defense of evolution in his new book, The Greatest Show On Earth. I do a unit on the New Atheists in my AdvancedContinue reading “How To Lose A Young Mind #1 (with a few thoughts on Dawkins)”
The Vilesidious Lectures: Advanced Tactics For Apostasy
UPDATE: Vilesidious has appeared at IM before, writing a young protege on the subject of Christian schools. The transcript of the following lecture was secured through means that cannot be revealed, but as C.S. Lewis said, are readily available to those who learn a few basic techniques. The general conclusion is that the following lectureContinue reading “The Vilesidious Lectures: Advanced Tactics For Apostasy”
Thoughts From The Empty Road (For Greg)
Greg is a former student and good friend. I learned today that he has left the faith. The last time I saw Greg (Not his real name), he looked like he was walking away from it all. I had a premonition at the time that Greg was troubled. He looked unsettled. I’d heard he wasContinue reading “Thoughts From The Empty Road (For Greg)”
Dr. Denis Alexander: Evolution and the Church
Bill Kinnon shot this talk by Dr. Denis Alexander on “Evolution and the Church.” Dr. Alexander is with the Faraday Institute on Science and Religion. This is NOT a creation/evolution talk, but on how Christians might understand evolutionary biology from their own perspective. Heavy for some IM readers, but others will like it. Thanks toContinue reading “Dr. Denis Alexander: Evolution and the Church”
iMonk 101: To Be or Not To Be or Why I’m Not A Young Earth Creationist
This is most (not all) of an IM essay written during the early years of this web site (2001 I think.) My children were up to their ears in Ham/Hovind videos and I was feeling very alone in my own reading of Genesis. Things are better now, though the seeds of young earth creationism haveContinue reading “iMonk 101: To Be or Not To Be or Why I’m Not A Young Earth Creationist”
Niki Made Her Choice and, Apparently, So Did We
FIRST: Read “Evangelicals and Science” at Tim Stafford’s blog. Niki is fictionalized, but not much. I am hoping this post will make one point: the Gospel combined with anything- a view of science, political opinions, convictions on gender, etc.- becomes a non-Gospel. Let the Gospel be what Paul describes in I Cor 15! Her nameContinue reading “Niki Made Her Choice and, Apparently, So Did We”
Open Mic at the iMonk Cafe: Anyone Willing To Complain About the ESV?
UPDATE II: McKnight on Translation Tribalism. UPDATE: Why the LCMS choose the ESV. I doubt that it was the Piper endorsement. I have this nagging feeling that the English Standard Version isn’t as good a translation as I’ve previously thought. My experience with the NLT has me in major regrets that I’ve got my studentsContinue reading “Open Mic at the iMonk Cafe: Anyone Willing To Complain About the ESV?”
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