Monday with Michael Spencer From Where’s Jesus?: Thoughts on a Localized Christ Answering the question “Where can you get your Jesus?” is very important. Many of the divisions among Christians are actually a commentary on the relationship of the person of Jesus to various means of “accessing” or “localizing” Jesus. In other words, the questionContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Where’s Jesus?”
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Monday with Michael Spencer: Dumb up, brother!
Monday with Michael Spencer Dumb up, brother! I live in a part of the county where ignorance of every sort is widespread. The dropout rate is almost 30%. Running any kind of school here is a battle. And most of the ministers and Christians in this area are untaught, or at the most, self-taught. ComparativelyContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Dumb up, brother!”
Monday with Michael Spencer: How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey
Monday with Michael Spencer How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey From 2009 Dear Well-Meaning Non-Evangelical Friend, Please sit down, have a cup of tea or coffee…and listen. I see that you’ve responded to some of us who are pilgrims in the evangelical community and who are on a journeyContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey”
Monday with Michael Spencer: Evangelicals and Spiritual Formation
Note from CM: Michael Spencer asked the following questions ten years ago. Has anything changed? I no longer live as a participant in the evangelical world. At times I have heard rumblings of evangelicals talking about “spiritual practices” and so on, but it’s pretty obvious to me that if I want to go somewhere forContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Evangelicals and Spiritual Formation”
Monday with Michael Spencer: A Couple of Surprising Encouragements
Monday with Michael Spencer A Couple of Surprising Encouragements Today, I offer a couple of stories about the grace that’s all around us, that appears in small ways, and might appear more often if we prayed and took notice of where Jesus said the Kingdom appears. I. On Thursday, almost everyone I work with wasContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: A Couple of Surprising Encouragements”
Monday with Michael Spencer: A Chronicle of the Journey (2008)
Monday with Michael Spencer A Chronicle of the Journey (2008) In April of 06, I felt God instructing me to resign from the church I was serving. It was the church our family called home for a decade. I’d served them for 12 years. I had no idea that it was the end of almostContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: A Chronicle of the Journey (2008)”
Monday with Michael Spencer: “I Miss You” (A Lament)
Monday with Michael Spencer “I Miss You” (A Lament) How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? • Psalm 13:1-2 • • • I miss you, God.Continue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: “I Miss You” (A Lament)”
Monday with Michael Spencer: My View of Genesis 1
Note from CM: In preparation for tomorrow’s installment of Genesis: Where It All Begins, I thought I’d bring back Michael Spencer’s perspective on Genesis 1, a general perspective that matches my own. • • • From To Be or Not to Be? Everybody thinks I should be a young earth creationist. I’m not. Why? byContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: My View of Genesis 1”
Mondays with Michael Spencer: The Boat in the Backyard
From CM: This is one story I always think about around Father’s Day, and one of Michael’s most personal and very best posts. • • • When I was twelve years old, my father bought a small aluminum boat, just enough for two people to use for fishing in the local lakes. He put itContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: The Boat in the Backyard”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: What You Can’t Say Around Other Christians
Note from CM: Here is an excerpt from one of Michael’s posts in 2008. I think it ends up being an excellent summary of some of the reasons this blog exists and what Michael and we in the next generation of Internet Monk try to accomplish. • • • Wednesday with Michael Spencer From WhatContinue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: What You Can’t Say Around Other Christians”
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