Posted in Riffs, iMonk 101 on November 11th, 2006 1 Comment »
Chief blogger at Common Grounds Online Glenn Lucke responds to my discussion of “TRs”, and adds his two cents on epistemological humility, a term I call the “humility zone,” and which TRs hate more than Mark Driscoll teaching ESL. Glenn “gets it” when it comes to the irony of believing in total depravity but finding […]
Posted in Podcast on November 10th, 2006 6 Comments »
What I mean when I say “Macarthur-type.” Yes, I stutter. Are the rules for male friendships coming next? (Thanks Pastor Ted.) Thoughts on poetry and literature.
UPDATE: This note from a listener: “Michael - a technical comment: your podcast (and several others) kept crashing and resetting my iPod before it could start the podcast(I have the […]
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on November 10th, 2006 8 Comments »
What’s on My iPod? Podcasts mostly.
Here are a few of the things I enjoy on my iPod Nano these days. Almost all of these programs are available via an iTunes search, so I’m only providing links to those that aren’t on iTunes. I don’t get to take all these programs in, but these are what […]
Posted in In The Study on November 10th, 2006 2 Comments »
In The Study will share some of my preaching ideas and outlines with those of you who do Christian communication in ministry.
Mark 10 is a favorite evangelistic chapter. Every preacher has taken this text and used it to introduce the basic ideas of the Gospel. I’ve used it many times.
(NLT) Mark 10:17 As Jesus was […]
Posted in Ground Rules on November 9th, 2006 10 Comments »
Ground Rules will be a series of posts exploring some of the issues raised in my interactions with other bloggers.
Occasionally, I’m criticized for my use of the acronym “TR” as shorthand for “Truly Reformed.” I often use this term in a critical way, and that’s brought regular criticism that the term is insulting.
Why do I […]
Posted in Riffs on November 7th, 2006 12 Comments »
On the sidebar of the Boar’s Head Tavern, a well known member’s only establishment, there is a sidebar link entitled “The Poor In Spirit.” If you go there, you will find the funeral sermon by Dr. Bryan Chapell for his friend and mentor, Petros Roukas, former pastor of Lexington’s Tate’s Creek Presbyterian Church, who had […]
Posted in Podcast on November 6th, 2006 1 Comment »
Haggard burn-out and Haggard lessons. Read Gordon Macdonald. Get ready for Advent.
Posted in Commentary on November 6th, 2006 5 Comments »
How could Tony Montana be your hero?
You don’t know Tony Montana? Where have you been? Tony Montana is the protagonist of the 1983 Al Pacino film, Scarface.
As films go, Scarface is memorable for an excess of bad accents, bad script-writing and bad ideas of how to remake a gangster movie. I’m very much a Pacino […]
Posted in Commentary, iMonk 101 on November 4th, 2006 16 Comments »
UPDATE: Read Gordon Macdonald’s comments at Out of Ur. Compelling.
“The hardness of God is softer than the kindness of men, because His compulsion is our liberation.” -Henri Nouwen
Some thoughts from the archives, and then a few thoughts from the last 24 hours.
For starters, say a prayer for Ted Haggard, his wife, children, family and church. […]
Posted in Weekend File on November 3rd, 2006 7 Comments »
Time for the IM Weekend File.
First, some IM/BHT site news. I’ve been greatly blessed to have outstanding technical assistance down through the years from Jim Nicholson, Kurt Nordstrom and Phillip Winn. Recently, I’ve been blessed with the friendship and good work of the queen of tech elves, Sonia Albright. As a result of her good […]
Posted in Recommendations and Reviews on November 2nd, 2006 13 Comments »
UPDATE: If you can get past the accent, Travis Prinzi is blogging the book. I believe Scot McKnight has blogged it in ten posts under the heading “Do Calvinists Understand Arminians?”
UPDATE II: “….Roger Olson’s recent book, Arminian Theology: Myth and Realities (IVP, 2006) is a diatribe against “crusading Calvinists” whom Olson considers a major threat […]
Posted in Commentary, The Second Half of Life on November 1st, 2006 2 Comments »
My daughter writes me today, and asks why Christians, especially those her age, are so immature.
My daughter is a smart, well-above average person in many ways. It’s not the first time I’ve heard that question from her, or from other smart, above average young people. It’s encouraging these days to know that some young […]
