Category Archives: Michael Spencer

God is like a Rorschach test. You know, the ink blot test, where you look at an image that really presents nothing coherent, and you describe what you see. Kind of like looking at clouds and talking about what you see. The Rorschach test is outdated and was always controversial, but it does yield one agreed uponContinue reading “Sundays with Michael Spencer: May 17, 2015”

I’ve lived most of my life submerged in the world of churches, Christians, Biblical language, and the Christian worldview. As I’ve moved into the second half of life, I’ve become aware that I need to separate myself from the Christian culture that has dominated my life, and to look closely for where my own assumptionsContinue reading “Sundays with Michael Spencer: May 3, 2015”

Note from CM: I’m editing and posting today’s message from Oneida, KY, Michael’s home and place of ministry. Gail and I are visiting Denise and enjoying the beauties of the early Appalachian spring. This message was originally posted in May 2008. • • • ***sigh*** When someone says I’ve written something I shouldn’t have written,Continue reading “Sundays with Michael Spencer: April 12, 2015”

  Note from CM: This week, as we commemorate Michael Spencer’s passing five years ago, we thank God for the hope of eternal life and hear this reminder from Michael: “…the Christian does not see death as the triumph of death, but as the giving way of death to life. In the final moments, thisContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Death: The Road that Must Be Traveled”

2004 — What about the day after the party? I think it’s provable again and again that what we are comfortable saying to an unbeliever, we aren’t comfortable saying to a Christian. The Gospel is for Christians, too. We love the story of the Prodigal son. Now, what about the day after the party? What if theContinue reading “Some good Michael Spencer quotes — 2004-2009”