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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 […]

Some thoughts on the worship wars, the diversity in a hymnal and the value of traditional church membership.
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Some random things that some of you will be interested in:
1) Church Membership Series: I have a summary post I want to write and then there is one more interview, but I don’t know when the interview will arrive in my mailbox. So I may go ahead and write the summary, but it won’t be […]

When you hear the term “postmillennialism,” what comes to your mind?
The church taking over society? Naive optimism? A failure to notice that the world is getting worse and worse, not better and better?
Discussions in print of postmillennialism are rare enough, but simple and understandable ones are nearly unheard of. The average student of Christianity or […]

UPDATE: Read Kevin in the comments. He is talking about what the SBC needs to hear.
Time for our second interview on “The Church Membership Question.” Our focus today is on the practical side. How are these issues worked out in a real congregation. I’ve got just the person. You will love this interview.
Kevin Hash is […]

UPDATE: When we get more comments on Ray Ortlund not liking Batman than we get on the Church Membership posts, you folks will have proved my point, and you will all have to buy me a gift.
Ray Ortlund says he wasted $6.25 (!) on The Dark Knight. And in short form, as only Ray can, […]

Perhaps the most talked about recent challenge to the traditional, institutional church comes from “organic” church advocate Frank Viola.
In a recent article at The Ooze, Frank chronicled his reasons for leaving the institutional church. Think what you want, and criticize as you wish, Viola states his case Biblically and eloquently. And millions of people agree […]

My wife sent me an email this morning.
I keep forgetting to tell you that there’s an obligatory Mass this week (for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.) St. Ann is celebrating Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and St. William Friday at 6:00 p.m. Assuming we are going to the waterpark Thursday, I’ll […]

Let’s continue with the church membership theme as we wait for two more interviews to arrive via Van Til express delivery.
In January of 2006 I wrote a major IM essay on what I believe about the local church. As I said in an introduction that doesn’t appear below, it will clear up forever any ideas […]

UPDATE: Thanks for the good response and discussion. If you would like to read an excellent defense of the Baptist view of church membership, John Piper has written an excellent article on Church Membership and Accountability. A very good survey of the basics.
This post begins several posts on the subject of the church and church […]

Humor alert. I said HUMOR ALERT. Yes…YOU…that means YOU. It’s HUMOR.
OK. For those of you that don’t know or don’t remember, my wife is entering the Roman Catholic Church. It’s been rough and I don’t really have anything to say about that. Communication on the relevant subjects hasn’t been easy, and laughter- formerly a big […]