By Chaplain Mike For the past twenty years, I have lived in America’s heartland, in the region where the Second Great Awakening occurred. It’s almost all revivalism all the time around here. Churches that predominate are Methodist, Baptist, Wesleyan, Nazarene, Church of God, Campbellite Christian, and so on. If churches in our area are notContinue reading “My Debt to Reformed Theology”
Category Archives: Post-Evangelicalism
The New Calvinism
The third week of our conversations about “Three Streams of Post-Evangelicalism†will focus on a movement that has received attention from the secular media as well as from within the church. It has been deemed the “New Calvinismâ€. We are responding to Scot McKnight’s recent article in which he identified three alternative paths replacing theContinue reading “The New Calvinism”
iMonk Classic: The Post-Evangelical Bookshelf—A Beginner’s Reading List For Finding Your Way In The Evangelical Wilderness
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Originally posted July 30, 2008 I’ve been doing an interview on “Post-Evangelicalism,” and I thought it would be a good time to list some of the books that define post-evangelicalism for me. First of all, a brief definition: Post-evangelicalism is a way of relating to the present seriously compromised,Continue reading “iMonk Classic: The Post-Evangelical Bookshelf—A Beginner’s Reading List For Finding Your Way In The Evangelical Wilderness”
N.T. Wright on the Hunger for Worship
By Chaplain Mike Of all matters that draw people to the Ancient-Future path, worship is at the top of the list. As N.T. Wright explains in the following video clip, people all around the world are starving to meet with God in worship. Wright draws from his own experiences of spiritual formation, his experience asContinue reading “N.T. Wright on the Hunger for Worship”
Don’t Misunderstand the Ancient-Future Path
By Chaplain Mike It’s probably clear to many of you by now that I have a great deal of sympathy for the Ancient-Future path as a hopeful way of revitalizing evangelicalism in this post-evangelical era. But I’m afraid people may have the wrong conception of what I’m talking about when I refer to the Ancient-FutureContinue reading “Don’t Misunderstand the Ancient-Future Path”
iMonk Classic: Review of “Evangelicals and Traditionâ€
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Originally posted June 26, 2007 My list of must-read books for post-evangelicals is short. Newly added at the top of the list: Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church (Evangelical Ressourcement: Ancient Sources for the Church’s Future) by Baylor University professor of patristics and Baptist ministerContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Review of “Evangelicals and Tradition—
A Journey . . . to Wonder
By Chaplain Mike I have spent my adult life primarily in Bible-believing, non-denominational church settings. I experienced a conversion during the “Jesus Movement” of the late 60’s and early 70’s. I went forward during an invitation in a Southern Baptist church. Got dunked. Our youth group was serious about Bible study. We attended Bill Gothard,Continue reading “A Journey . . . to Wonder”
John Armstrong on “Tradition”
By Chaplain Mike Earlier this year, we had a series of posts reviewing John H. Armstrong’s fine book, Your Church Is Too Small: Why Unity in Christ’s Mission Is Vital to the Future of the Church. John writes a heartfelt, winsome appeal for Christian unity, based on Jesus’ prayer in John 17. You can readContinue reading “John Armstrong on “Tradition””
Father of the Ancient-Future Path
By Chaplain Mike Bob Webber grew up a staunch fundamentalist. His parents were missionaries in Africa who later returned to Pennsylvania to take up ministry in a Baptist church. He attended Bob Jones University. As an adult he became a professor at the more mainstream evangelical Wheaton College. Webber was immersed from birth in theContinue reading “Father of the Ancient-Future Path”
“Things New and Old”–”Fr. Ernesto’s Testimony
Thanks to friend of IM Fr. Ernesto Obregon for this testimony. A word from Chaplain Mike: As we begin our week of emphasis on the Ancient-Future movement, I thought it would good to hear the testimony of someone whose faith journey has taken him through different streams of tradition and ultimately led him to findContinue reading ““Things New and Old”–”Fr. Ernesto’s Testimony”
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