Readers of Internet Monk.com are aware that my perspective on the future of evangelicalism is often controversial. The keepers of the flames of blogosphere orthodoxy often ridicule my choice of “post-evangelical” as an identifier, and my prediction that younger evangelicals are heading for the exits is often criticized as too dire and without basis. MatthewContinue reading “An IM Must Read: The New Evangelical Scandal by Matthew Anderson”
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Just Beyond The 100th Time
Dedicated to all of you on the same journey. Keep faith and keep going. You’re not alone. It’s time for one of your favorite programs here at Internet Monk.com: “Secret, Terrible, Unspoken Thoughts…REVEALED!” Today’s secret thought was uttered by a commenter in a recent discussion thread, but it’s the kind of terrible thought that lurksContinue reading “Just Beyond The 100th Time”
An Ideal Evangelicalism?
Somewhere in the previous orgy of comments I’ve had this week, someone asked me to write about “What do you see as the ideal evangelicalism?” There is no ideal evangelicalism and there’s not going to be. It’s certainly not going to be ideal if I am the architect. So let’s not get out of handContinue reading “An Ideal Evangelicalism?”
Father Cantalamessa’s Second Sunday in Advent Sermon (Read it)
If I didn’t need written permission, I’d reprint this entire sermon here on the site because I want it in the archives. But I’ll be a good blogger and link it to its home at Zenit, the Catholic News Service. You can get it in various formats there. A more Christocentric sermon you are notContinue reading “Father Cantalamessa’s Second Sunday in Advent Sermon (Read it)”
Riffs 12:01:08: Post-Evangelical, Post Vatican II Common Ground: The Importance of Bible Study
More good reasons right here for everyone to order the Treasury of Daily Prayer from New Reformation Press. Click their ad on the sidebar for a great price on a product that has the FULL Lutheran scripture readings for every day. Internet Monk lurker Dave McGowan sends along this piece from America magazine (I know,Continue reading “Riffs 12:01:08: Post-Evangelical, Post Vatican II Common Ground: The Importance of Bible Study”
Riffs: Joseph Bottum on The End of Advent (and the horror of our version of Christmas)
Joseph Bottum: “The End of Advent,” at the First Things blog. Many years ago, we made a decision to, as much as possible, speak of Advent and not of Christmas, until Christmas. I’ve never been able to hold off the Christmas music, but as much as possible we’ve stayed with that commitment. It’s also amusingContinue reading “Riffs: Joseph Bottum on The End of Advent (and the horror of our version of Christmas)”
Response Part 1: The Biblical Worldview and Christian Experience
I now come to the last two posts in this series on The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism. All four posts are accessible here. In these posts I will write a response to each of the four topics of personal disillusionment: The Biblical worldview, Christian experience, Christian community and Christian commitment itself. In my responses, IContinue reading “Response Part 1: The Biblical Worldview and Christian Experience”
The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism part 3: Christian Community
I am continuing my look at the sources of disillusionment within evangelicalism. This will be a five part series, with four posts on the sources of personal disillusionment and one on responding to these personal sources. Here is part 1 and part 2. 3. The Disillusionment of Christian Community [I want to be very clearContinue reading “The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism part 3: Christian Community”
The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism Part 2: God-Proving Christian Experience
I am continuing my series on the unresolved tensions of evangelicalism, I want to explore disillusionment with Christian experience. 2. The Disillusionment of Christian Experience Evangelicalism makes confident claims about the religious experience of its true believers. It is not hard to conceive of disillusionment when those claims are judged to be untrue. It’s aContinue reading “The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism Part 2: God-Proving Christian Experience”
The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism Part 1: The Biblical Worldview
NOTE: This post is analysis and opinion. It’s not about what I believe or don’t. My posts on Christine Wicker’s and Julia Duin’s descriptions of evangelicalism’s winter are meant to be provocative, but they are also an attempt to hear something in the voices of our critics we rarely allow into our discussions: the scaryContinue reading “The Unresolved Tensions of Evangelicalism Part 1: The Biblical Worldview”
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