Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer from May 2008 If the truth about Christianity turned out to be very different from what we’d been taught as young Christians by people we look up to as mentors and authorities, would we stand up and tell the truth? Would we make the turn and go the otherContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Enough Courage to Go Around”
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Not Every Post Is about Mark Driscoll: A State of the Blog Address
It’s time, in light of the second anniversary of Michael Spencer’s death, to restate our reason for being here at Internet Monk, why we do what we do, and how we will continue to go about it. As lead writer, I hope I speak on behalf of all our contributors. They can mount a mutinyContinue reading “Not Every Post Is about Mark Driscoll: A State of the Blog Address”
iMonk Classic: God of the Hubble Universe
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer from June 2005 One of my life-long loves is astronomy. I’ve owned some very nice telescopes, and I’ve spent many a clear, cold winter night out on someone’s farm, looking at the glories of the heavens. Since I was a child of the golden age of the space program,Continue reading “iMonk Classic: God of the Hubble Universe”
iMonk Classic: Our Problem with Grace
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Undated NOTE FROM CM: No emphasis on grace would be complete without a review of Michael Spencer’s classic post on the subject. Take your time with this one, and savor it. Michael never wrote better, and he never pointed us to a more important subject. • • • Q.Continue reading “iMonk Classic: Our Problem with Grace”
iMonk Classic: Ten Questions About the Bible + one rant
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From February 2007 • • • 1. State briefly what you believe about the Bible. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is set down in Scripture, or may be deduced from Scripture. In scripture, God revealed whatContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Ten Questions About the Bible + one rant”
iMonk Classic: Talk Hard II — Defending Dissent
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From February 2009 NOTE FROM CM: I regularly direct people to Michael Spencer’s classic essay, The Original Talk Hard: Defending the Role of the Critic in Christianity. I do this when we get criticism that we are being unloving and judgmental. I’m sure we fall into that trap sometimes, but theContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Talk Hard II — Defending Dissent”
iMonk Classic: “I Forgive Myself”: The Hardest Words?
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From February 2009 One of the things I really don’t like about run-of-the-mill evangelical spirituality is the assumption that we’re all basically clones of each other. Cheerful clones. Mentally healthy clones. Good family clones. Conservative political clones. Happy at church clones. Like the same music clones. Clones who copeContinue reading “iMonk Classic: “I Forgive Myself”: The Hardest Words?”
iMonk Classic: Thoughts on Spiritual Experience
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From January 2007 I’ve been involved in some good discussions recently on the role of subjective, personal spiritual experiences. How should we deal with personal experiences of God “speaking” or otherwise relating to Christians on the subjective levels of feeling and sensing? Because there is such abuse and misuseContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Thoughts on Spiritual Experience”
iMonk Classic: The Question Is God, the Answer is Jesus
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From January 2009 “Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.” – Martin Luther • • • It’s been a very interesting day. I can’t tell you much about it, but I can tell you something. When a discussion starts aboutContinue reading “iMonk Classic: The Question Is God, the Answer is Jesus”
iMonk Classic: No Big Thing
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From December, 2007 I want to start this post with a quote from a typical ambitious evangelical church that wants to grow. Get big. Add lots of people. Become “mega.” Get the crowds and their kids in the doors. But I’ve decided not to insult you. If you don’tContinue reading “iMonk Classic: No Big Thing”
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