A Letter for the Church Today (5) A Study of 2 Corinthians 10-13 Nothing sells like religious experience. Currently, the number one book on the New York Times paperback nonfiction bestsellers list is Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, the story of a child who [...]
The Coming Collapse Of Excessive Evangelicalism
9 Feb by
I first came to know Michael Spencer following his posts on the Coming Collapse of Evangelicalism, brilliant pieces that stirred no end of controversy. (Not that Michael ever let a bit of controversy bother him.) I want to start off these thoughts of mine by quoting Michael from his post: I’m not a Prophet or a [...]
We Care about Different Credentials
5 Feb by
A Letter for the Church Today (4) A Study of 2 Corinthians 10-13 2 Corinthians 11 is one of the most important chapters about ministry in the New Testament. In addition, it reveals information about the Apostle Paul — details about his work and sufferings — that is not recorded anywhere else. It is significant [...]
We’re Not Out to Make a Name for Ourselves
29 Jan by
A Letter for the Church Today (3) A Study of 2 Corinthians 10-13 No, we shall not make any wild claims, but simply judge ourselves by that line of duty which God has marked out for us, and that line includes our work on your behalf. We do not exceed our duty when we embrace [...]
We Use Different Tools
22 Jan by
A Letter for the Church Today (2) A Study of 2 Corinthians 10-13 Indeed, we live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards; for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised [...]
Allen Krell on “Unitarian Christianity”
17 Jan by
At Allen Krell’s blog, our friend has outlined a direction with respect to what he will write about in 2012. I asked Allen if he would share his thoughts with the Internet Monk community, and he graciously sent me the following post. It describes his current perspective on the evangelical movement he has left behind. [...]
A Letter for the Church Today
15 Jan by
A Letter for the Church Today (1) A Study of 2 Corinthians 10-13 For the next six Sundays, I will do a series on chapters 10-13 from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. That sentence raises a question: Why pick out part of an epistle and study just that section? Here’s my answer, to be [...]
Ben Witherington on Bad Protestant Ecclesiology
2 Jan by
In his New Year’s Day post, Ben Witherington puts his finger on one of the matters that soured me on evangelicalism. Long a theological question in my mind, it became a personal and vocational issue for me when I served in my last position as a minister in a local congregation. Witherington’s piece is about [...]
Tim Tennent: It is time we become “deep, thick and different.”
16 Dec by
I have been waiting to make this available to you for awhile. Earlier in the fall, Ben Witherington posted an address spoken by President Timothy Tennent for the Fall Convocation at Asbury Theological Seminary. I’ve wanted Internet Monk readers to hear his words ever since I first read them. In the light of Jeff’s post yesterday, [...]
Eight Traits of a Responsible Ministry
Eight Traits of a Masculine Ministry (John Piper) 1. A masculine ministry believes that it is more fitting that men take the lash of criticism that must come in a public ministry, than to unnecessarily expose women to this assault. 2. A masculine ministry seizes on full-orbed, biblical doctrine with a view to teaching it [...]