A classic IM post by Michael Spencer from April, 2007. Every time I feel like I have lost my way in the Christian life, I find myself back looking at monasticism, and the lessons I learned in two decades of reading Thomas Merton. I’m not attracted to Catholicism, but I am very much attracted toContinue reading “Who and What Are Forming You?”
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Classic iMonk: On Faith’s Crumbling Edge: Restoring The Uprooted Assurance Of The Ordinary Christian
Chaplain Mike reposts this classic iMonk article from June, 2005 UPDATE: I fixed the broken links at the end of post. I’ve been thinking about the subject of the Christian’s assurance of salvation. To put my cards on the table, I don’t struggle with assurance of salvation personally at all. I’m far more inclined towardContinue reading “Classic iMonk: On Faith’s Crumbling Edge: Restoring The Uprooted Assurance Of The Ordinary Christian”
Classic iMonk: Theology, Depression and the Unsolvable Problem of the Right Church
A note from Chaplain Mike: This classic iMonk post from January 2009 brings together a few important issues that Michael has written about over the years, particularly depression, theology, and the search for a church home. I am going to write rather directly to those of you who feel that you are experiencing some measureContinue reading “Classic iMonk: Theology, Depression and the Unsolvable Problem of the Right Church”
Practice Resurrection, part one
Today’s post is by guest blogger Chaplain Mike. Here on Internet Monk, Michael has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge fan of pastor, author, and professor Eugene Peterson. And I am right there with him in my admiration of Peterson’s writings. If you would like to go back and readContinue reading “Practice Resurrection, part one”
Instructed Anglican Eucharist
From our friends at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, FL, here is another of their excellent teaching videos. In this one, Father Michael Petty leads a class on the meaning of the Eucharist in the Anglican liturgy. St. Peter’s also makes notes available to use while watching. Download notes here. (MOD: With regard toContinue reading “Instructed Anglican Eucharist”
Classic IM: While We’re Talking About Interpreting the Bible
In our continuing discussion on issues related to the Scriptures, Chaplain Mike re-runs this classic IM post today. (from Dec, 2008) Hey look! If you read carefully, you will even find another “Bible = loaded gun” metaphor! Oh. We’re not talking about interpreting the Bible? Well….I am, so deal. I usually just don’t say anythingContinue reading “Classic IM: While We’re Talking About Interpreting the Bible”
My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel (Part 4): How It Feels In The Strangeness
The comments to the three previous posts have featured a variety of responses and reactions to the idea of “Gospel-less” sermons, teaching, testimonies, etc. I am happy for those of you who are in churches where this is unthinkable, but I assure you that here in the Bible belt, this is not an illusion, particularlyContinue reading “My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel (Part 4): How It Feels In The Strangeness”
My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel: Gospel Articulations (Part 3)
I’ve been trying to emphasize the Gospel as the foundational content of the Christian life for many years. While I’ve worked at fresh articulations of the Gospel, there are a lot of familiar articulations of the Gospel that show up in my preaching and teaching with high school students and the adults in chapel andContinue reading “My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel: Gospel Articulations (Part 3)”
My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel: Scripture Sources (Part 2)
The apparent crisis in giving the Gospel its right and Biblically healthy place in evangelical Christian faith exists on several levels. First, there is the level of scriptural definition. While I can answer the question “What is the Gospel?” it is the Biblical material that should form my definition. Before I give some simple GospelContinue reading “My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel: Scripture Sources (Part 2)”
Misplaced, Taken For Granted and Ignored: My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel (Part 1)
In a recent sermon, I said that I was deeply concerned about the understanding of the Gospel that I hear among adult Christians and especially preachers. I was not just making noise. With every passing year, I’m amazed that the level of Gospel understanding seems to be lower and lower among Christian adults. This isn’tContinue reading “Misplaced, Taken For Granted and Ignored: My Strange Experiences With An Absent Gospel (Part 1)”
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