We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it reality. – Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines Let’s say I’m in a room with three adults, all seated at pianos. I want to find out their ability to play the instrument. I ask them all to play “Twinkle, TwinkleContinue reading “Another Look: Spiritual Formation — How It Happens”
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Another Look: Spiritual Formation — What Is It?
Note from CM: This will be my last week of full time writing for awhile. When it gets to Tuesday of next week, pray for me, because by then the DT’s will probably be setting in hard. As I’ve tried to think about what to share this week, I thought it might be good toContinue reading “Another Look: Spiritual Formation — What Is It?”
Robert Webber on The Theology of Evangelism in the Early Church
The late Robert Webber is best known for his writings on worship, but he thought and wrote about many areas of church life, seeking an ancient-future way forward in the post-modern age in which we live. One of his last projects was called Journey to Jesus. It represents his attempt to adapt for today’s congregations theContinue reading “Robert Webber on The Theology of Evangelism in the Early Church”
iMonk: Discipleship as Polemicism
From a classic Michael Spencer post, Who and What Are Forming You?. From April 2007 * * * For a large portion of my recent evangelical journey, I have found myself wandering between three varieties of evangelicalism: Southern Baptist fundamentalism Evangelical Calvinism Generic contemporary evangelical revivalism …It’s occurred to me that at least two ofContinue reading “iMonk: Discipleship as Polemicism”
The Second Turning: or How JT, a Field of Dreams, a Marble Tomb, and Learning to Do Nothing Saved My Life
This is a book about the second turning. In the first turning, a Christian experiences the transformation from a natural person to a spiritual person. Instead of “self” being the center of life — exploring, cultivating, adoring it — God becomes the center. This miracle is brought forth by the Holy Spirit giving us newContinue reading “The Second Turning: or How JT, a Field of Dreams, a Marble Tomb, and Learning to Do Nothing Saved My Life”
iMonk: And Some Doubted
From a classic Michael Spencer post, March 2007 The Bible can be amazing. We can say all the theologically correct things you can think of, but when the Bible surprises you, when it reaches across the centuries and touches you with a sentence or a phrase, there’s something very special that convinces you on aContinue reading “iMonk: And Some Doubted”
The Simple Texts
Yesterday I officiated a funeral. When I met with the wife of the deceased a few days ago to discuss the service, she told me that her husband insisted that Psalm 23 be read at his funeral. When his mother had died, the minister leading the service apparently did not read it — whether outContinue reading “The Simple Texts”
iMonk: All My Wrestling
From the classic Michael Spencer post: The Ecclesiastes Attitude * * * The God of the Bible knows what he is doing. His work is, as scripture says, “past finding out.” He asks for no advice. He is not holding question and answer press conferences. He is not writing books of ten easy-to-understand bullet pointedContinue reading “iMonk: All My Wrestling”
iMonk: “I Have My Doubts”
From Michael Spencer’s classic post, I Have My Doubts * * * I have my doubts. About it all. God. Jesus. Life after death. Heaven. The Bible. Prayer. Miracles. Morality. Everything. “But you are a pastor. A Christian leader.” That’s right, and I am an encyclopedia of doubts. Sometimes it scares me to death. I’mContinue reading “iMonk: “I Have My Doubts””
iMonk: “Getting Better?”
From Michael Spencer’s classic post, When I Am Weak * * * Evangelicals love a testimony of how screwed up I USED to be. They aren’t interested in how screwed up I am NOW. But the fact is, that we are screwed up. Then. Now. All the time in between and, it’s a safe betContinue reading “iMonk: “Getting Better?””
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