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Why Calvin Is Cool An Infomercial for Calvinism by Michael Spencer UPDATE: Even though I am no longer a Calvinist, a lot of this essay is still true. I know that’s Calvin Coolidge, but if I put a picture of John Calvin up there, most people won’t read the column. The hostility towards Calvinism isContinue reading “Why Calvin is cool: An infomercial for calvinism”

When I am Weak Why we must embrace our brokenness and never be good Christians by Michael Spencer The voice on the other end of the phone told a story that has become so familiar to me, I could have almost finished it from the third sentence. A respected and admired Christian leader, carrying theContinue reading “When I am weak: Why we must embrace our brokenness and never be good Christians”

A Conversation in God’s Kitchen How I’ve learned to understand the Bible by Michael Spencer And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself…They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, whileContinue reading “A Conversation in God’s Kitchen: How I’ve learned to understand the Bible”

Say Anything The ad man triumphs at the church on the corner I am a hopeless reader of church advertisements. When I can get my hands on a newspaper, I do not read the sports sections or the comics. I read church advertisements. For sheer entertainment, they are hard to beat. Americans have a specialContinue reading “Say Anything”