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OK. I cheated. I maybe kindof promised a review, but after reading the books, I decided I didn’t want to join the debate. I wanted to say something else, namely this: Agree or disagree, Viola is doing what evangelicals are too cowardly to do these days, and what we’re doing instead is killing us. Consider […]

For the past several days I’ve been browsing a pre-publication copy of a new product from Concordia Press called The Treasury of Daily Prayer.
I have to admit that I’ve never been particularly excited about any book called “Treasury.” It’s a title I’d be reluctant to use for any serious resource. So aside from that extremely […]

Back by popular demand, the iMonk essay that should have sold a thousand t-shirts by now: Wretched Urgency.
When I think of people beating themselves up with guilt and beating other people up with a guilt-inducing God, I always think of this essay and the stupefying discovery that the New Testament isn’t trying to turn us […]

I am very interested in hymnals as the best conservators of a broad, deep and diverse selection of worship music for the church today. A good hymnal is a post-evangelical’s friend.
The Baptist Hymnal (also called The Worship Hymnal) 2008 has been reviewed at Isaiah Six and if you are interested in worship music check this […]

Lots of times, there’s something I want to write about, but it’s just too close to the real world where I live and work, so I have to find a way to not put something out here that’s going to get me in more trouble than I’ve already been in over this blog.
But seriously, I […]

More on covenant church membership, and thoughts on post-evangelicalism and evangelism (Don’t forget it).
Check out my other blog at Jesus Shaped Spirituality.
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Yes, that’s one of the comments I’ve received via e-mail regarding the official iMonk photograph.
(And- at least in my experience- it’s always a woman. Why is that? Does maternal instinct want to see baby smile?)
I’ve been fighting this battle for quite some time, and I don’t plan to give up. It’s a small thing, but […]

It’s a genuine honor to have Dr. Nathan Finn, Assistant Professor of Church History at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, as my guest today at InternetMonk.com. Dr. Finn is one of the new academic voices in SBC life speaking strongly for a renewal of serious church membership among Southern Baptists.
Dr. Finn has an A.A. from Waycross […]

Scot Mcknight has a new book out called Finding Faith, Losing Faith: Stories of Conversion and Apostasy. It’s an interesting discussion of the reasons people deconvert and convert, both in and out of their own traditions. The chapters cover conversion to unbelief, from Judaism to Christianity, from Rome to evangelicalism and from evangelicalism to Rome.
This […]

In their ongoing series of previews of the ESV Study Bible Crossway has posted online a 10-page PDF containing 5 of the 50 articles that will be in the back of the Study Bible.. This section is on “Reading the Bible” (pdf):
· Reading the Bible Theologically, by […]

Nate Spencer:
You have my last name. You are in education. You are in the mountains. You read books that I like and listen to music that I love.
And if that wasn’t creepy enough, you are writing some of the best stuff in the blogosphere, like this on the Todd Bentley phenomenon.

Just a couple of stories about the grace that’s all around us, that appears in small ways, and might appear more often if we prayed and took notice of where Jesus said the Kingdom appears.
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On Thursday, almost everyone I work with was at a waterpark about an hour away, including my family. I opted to […]

There’s new writing at Jesus Shaped Spirituality: The Jesus Question and A Note to Todd Bentley.
I received a wonderful “Wish List” package from IM reader David Z in Australia, but no email address anywhere.
So thank you, David. The books are wonderful and your generosity and support are a great blessing. God’s peace on you.

There’s one more interview out there in this series, but I don’t know when it’s going to arrive, so this will be the “closer” for now. Thanks to everyone for reading, linking and commenting.
Here is the original goal of this series of posts: I wanted to examine the question, “Is the concept of local church […]