Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From February 15, 2005 Dear Sir: What a total disappointment. I do like your wisdom and passion. However, you have become too smart. May God have mercy on you regarding your responsibility to adhere to the inerrancy of scripture. The discussion on inerrancy at the BHT and here atContinue reading “iMonk Classic: We thought he was such a nice boy—and then we found out he didn’t believe in Inerrancy!!”
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iMonk Classic: The Sanity Verses
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From July 16, 2005 Sometimes, I don’t need inspiration. What I need is just my sanity. I don’t need verses that tell me I’m about to see a miracle. I need something that says God wants me to make it to tomorrow, and I’ll still be useful. Sometimes IContinue reading “iMonk Classic: The Sanity Verses”
iMonk Classic: Out of Business with God
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Undated “What this says to you and me who have to live with the business of trying to confess our sins is that confession is not a pre-condition of forgiveness. It’s something that you do after you know you have been forgiven. Confession is not something you do inContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Out of Business with God”
iMonk Classic: Answers Not in Genesis
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From March 1, 2006 Nothing discourages me about the future of evangelicals like “young earth creationism,” Hamm style. Josh puts it well in this post at Here We Stand: “Every time I read someone saying it’s the Christian’s duty to refute biology and physics with the Bible, something inside meContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Answers Not in Genesis”
iMonk Classic: I Have My Doubts
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer I Have My Doubts: The Many Reasons I Don’t Believe (undated) Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24) Let’s start with bugs. Bugs have always….well…bugged me. They bite me. Wasps hate me. Mosquitoes swarm around me. Gnats head forContinue reading “iMonk Classic: I Have My Doubts”
IM Book Review: Mere Churchianity—Time to Get Real
By Chaplain Mike It is here, the day we’ve been waiting for here at Internet Monk. Michael Spencer’s book, Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality has been released! Today, I will give you my initial review and reflections. I can easily summarize its main message: It’s time for Jesus’ followers to GETContinue reading “IM Book Review: Mere Churchianity—Time to Get Real”
iMonk Classic: Why Aren’t We Doing Inner City Church Planting?
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer NOTE: This was originally posted on February 17, 2009 as an “Open Mic” discussion. I thought it would be good to revisit this question today, especially in the light of recent posts dealing with suburban evangelicalism, materialism, and cultural diversity. I’m not dogging any churches here. I love myContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Why Aren’t We Doing Inner City Church Planting?”
iMonk Classic: Dancing at the Fundamentalist Ball
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer I am almost through with fundamentalism. Almost. There are still some places where I want to hang on to my fundamentalism, but not many. After spending most of my life listening to my fundamentalist relation sing their song in the current cultural climate, I long ago quit singing withContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Dancing at the Fundamentalist Ball”
For Memorial Day: A Classic Michael Spencer Essay
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer My friend Mark is a soldier. A Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He just returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, where he, in his own words, was “proud to be a Marine at a time my country needed my service.” I am proud of him,Continue reading “For Memorial Day: A Classic Michael Spencer Essay”
iMonk Classic: The Last Gasp of Literate Christianity
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer The comment wasn’t all that unusual, but it has stuck in my head for weeks now. “Mr. Spencer, does it matter if I don’t read the Bible?” The student speaking was one of my juniors, attractive and smart, and one of the more visible, serious Christians on our littleContinue reading “iMonk Classic: The Last Gasp of Literate Christianity”
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