In my studies I am reading Ola Tjørhom, who represents what has been called “evangelical catholicism.” He is concerned that the Reformation project went seriously wrong, and one of its greatest failings was its lack of recognition that the ecclesiology of the Reformers remained essentially catholic even while they criticized Rome in terms of doctrines andContinue reading “The Gospel of the Empirical Perceptibility of Grace, or in other words, Keep it Physical, Stupid!”
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What He/She Said…
Today, here are some recent quotes from folks around the blogosphere that I heartily affirm… * * * Roger E. Olson, “What do I mean when I say the Bible is ‘trustworthy?’” Note from CM: One of Michael Spencer’s conflicts with evangelicalism was over its insistence on a biblicism that requires the foundation of inerrancy.Continue reading “What He/She Said…”
Harold Best on Sound and Silence
Harold M. Best is emeritus professor of music and dean emeritus of the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music in Wheaton, Illinois. He is past president of the National Association of Schools of Music. Best has a reputation as one of evangelical Christianity’s foremost authorities on church music. His 1993 book, Music Through the Eyes ofContinue reading “Harold Best on Sound and Silence”
Quotes from Some of Our Friends…
Tim Gombis shared a statement he heard about what it means to “grow in grace.” This is worth sharing again: To grow in grace is to learn to love, to hope, to unify, and to trust, and no longer to separate, manipulate, manage, and control. It is to move from self-regard and self-protection to other-regard,Continue reading “Quotes from Some of Our Friends…”
What Some of Our Friends Are Saying…
Note from CM: This will be a “Friend Week” at Internet Monk, featuring posts by some of our fellow travelers and recommendations about what a few of them are saying on their blogs. Today we feature some excerpts from the Christian blogosphere that we like. You can read the full posts from which these snippetsContinue reading “What Some of Our Friends Are Saying…”
IM Review: The Voice
In my fair city, Tulsa, Oklahoma, we see two types of buildings pop up with regularity: banks and churches. With each announcement of a new bank or a new church, we ask ourselves, “Do we really need another bank/church in Tulsa?” Yet it seems we do, for new ones are announced almost weekly. And soContinue reading “IM Review: The Voice”
IM Book Review: Defending The Free Market
Father Robert Sirico has travelled a long twisty road from the left end of the political spectrum to the right and from a Catholic upbringing, to Protestant dabblings, to prodigal wanderings and back again to Catholicism and the priesthood. Sirico (yes, brother to Tony of the Sopranos) caught my attention a few weeks ago inContinue reading “IM Book Review: Defending The Free Market”
Gordon MacDonald on Lessons We Can Learn from Steve Jobs
The Soul of Steve Jobs What would it have taken to reach the Apple founder’s core? by Gordon MacDonald Leadership Journal, Winter 2012 * * * This week I am reading Walter Isaacson’s fascinating biography, Steve Jobs. It’s like a car wreck on the interstate — I can’t turn my eyes away. The life ofContinue reading “Gordon MacDonald on Lessons We Can Learn from Steve Jobs”
Follow Up on the Conservative/Progressive Discussion with Rachel Evans
Today, we continue our discussion by listening to the personal perspective of someone who feels caught in the midst of the battle between a more conservative evangelical faith and a more mainline progressive faith. As part of her excellent post, “Liberal Christianity, Conservative Christianity, and the Caught In-Between,” Rachel Held Evans wrote the following aboutContinue reading “Follow Up on the Conservative/Progressive Discussion with Rachel Evans”
Another Look: Mark Galli on “Transformation”
Note from CM: Mark Galli is Sr. Managing Editor of Christianity Today. In 2009 he wrote an article that proved rather controversial. It was called, “The Scandal of the Public Evangelical,” and in it Mark said things about the evangelical buzzword “transformation” that many didn’t like. Our friends at Mockingbird, being devoted to promoting graceContinue reading “Another Look: Mark Galli on “Transformation””
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