Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Undated The following toast was taped at the 4,231st Halloween Dance and Potluck, held this year in the basement of the Salem, Masachusetts City Hall. The guest toastmaster was The Great Pumpkin, well known advocate of Halloween among children. Those in attendance included a variety of witches, ghosts, fairies,Continue reading “iMonk Classic: The Great Pumpkin Proposes a Toast”
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iMonk Classic: Singing in the Evangelical Liturgy
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From Sept. 2009 Note from CM: Back in 2009, Michael Spencer did a series on various elements in a traditional Protestant worship service, discussing how we might understand those elements and use them to revitalize traditional evangelical worship. Today’s post is from that series. * * * Singing. Oh yes….singing.Continue reading “iMonk Classic: Singing in the Evangelical Liturgy”
iMonk Classic: To Know We’re Not Alone
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From Sept. 2004 It was 1973, a year before my high school graduation. I was sixteen, a young preacher-boy at a revival meeting at a church in our community. I remember the tiny church being packed, but I don’t remember anything about the service, or the sermon or the preacher.Continue reading “iMonk Classic: To Know We’re Not Alone”
iMonk Classic: How I Interpret the Bible
Note from CM: This is an excerpt from Michael Spencer’s essay, “A Conversation in God’s Kitchen.” Folks, don’t rush through this one. Ponder it. Print it off and carry a copy of it in your Bible to remind you what the Book is all about and what you should be looking for as you readContinue reading “iMonk Classic: How I Interpret the Bible”
iMonk Classic: Rebaptism – What Is It?
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From September 2008 I’m going to write about rebaptism, an issue that has deeply affected and weakened my own denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, and an issue that touches every Christian communion I am aware of in some way. Rebaptism is a very emotional issue. One reason we don’tContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Rebaptism – What Is It?”
iMonk Classic: Jesus, Faith, and a Universe of Fear
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From September 2009 When I started studying Mark’s Gospel many years ago, I learned that, in Mark, faith is not contrasted with unbelief, but with fear. The command to “not be afraid” was common in Mark. The disciples are constantly choosing between faith and fear as they journey withContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Jesus, Faith, and a Universe of Fear”
iMonk Classic: I Hear Pepper Talking
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From August 2007 Note from Chaplain Mike: Here is a delightfully quirky piece from five years ago, in which Michael talks about one facet of his marvelous imagination. Enjoy. * * * Personification. With me, it’s more than just a hobby. It’s a way of life. I’m reasonably sureContinue reading “iMonk Classic: I Hear Pepper Talking”
iMonk Classic: A Note to Weed-Eaters
Our school has a student work program, and one of the most popular jobs is working on the yard crew. Our boys love to work with the tractors, mowers and weed-eaters. Especially weed-eaters. It’s a certain sign of spring when I hear the yard crew outside the window of my house, and I can hearContinue reading “iMonk Classic: A Note to Weed-Eaters”
iMonk Classic: All to no end…save beauty, the eternal
The crowd at the ball game is moved uniformly by a spirit of uselessness which delights them, all the exciting detail of the chase and the escape, the error the flash of genius, all to no end save beauty the eternal – -William Carlos Williams, “The Crowd At The Baseball Game” * * * MondayContinue reading “iMonk Classic: All to no end…save beauty, the eternal”
iMonk Classic: Surprising Encouragement
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From August 2008 Note from CM: Tomorrow morning, I will preach a sermon on the same basic theme as this post, using the text with which Michael ends his essay. Surely God’s hesed goes before us and surrounds each and every day of our lives. * * * JustContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Surprising Encouragement”
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