Today’s guest post is by Chaplain Mike Mercer. For Michael & Denise. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. [...]
Six Floors of Sunday School….. to what end?
15 Dec by
Today’s guest post is by IM friend Pat K, from New Reformation Press. Way back in the early Eighties, shortly after becoming a Christian, I attended a Bible College in Houston, Texas. It quickly became evident that God’s Church was much larger than the small Holiness sect I was evangelized into, and Houston provided ample [...]
Joy in the Journey
13 Dec by
Today’s post is by Chaplain Mike Mercer. There is a joy in the journey, there’s a light we can love on the way. There is a wonder and wildness to life, and freedom for those who obey. All those who seek it shall find it, a pardon for all who believe. Hope for the hopeless [...]
iMonk 101: From Eclectic Christian – My first hand experience with Mental Illness
11 Dec by
Today’s Guest Post is from IM First Officer Michael Bell… As you know iMonk has been running posts lately on the subject of mental illness and how the Bible views it. Here are some interesting thoughts and reflections from Michael Bell, someone who has experienced forms of mental illness in his own family. I have [...]
From the iMonk Archives – The Mood of Advent: We All Need A Savior
8 Dec by
Whereas the first week of Advent focuses on the hope of the new creation, the second week looks around at the sinful world we live in now. The mood could not be more different. This is the week we learn to lament. Seeing the evil, corruption, and injustice around us (and in us), we cry [...]
A Favorite Gospel Word
6 Dec by
Continue to pray for the iMonk and health concerns. Today’s guest post is from Chaplain Mike Mercer… “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people…†(Luke 1.68, NASB) In his wonderful book on pastoral ministry, The Jesus-Driven Ministry, Ajith Fernando quotes a classic seventeenth century [...]
Getting to Know You…Christmas-Style
3 Dec by
Guest post today by Chaplain Mike Mercer… Since I am a guest-blogger here at Internet Monk, and since the audience is huge and made up of many different sorts of folks, I thought we might have some “getting to know you†time today. As your genial guest host, I hope you’ll bear with me and [...]
Evangelicalism and Special Seasons
2 Dec by
Guest post today by Chaplain Mike Mercer… When I ministered in suburban evangelical churches (nine years in one as worship pastor), there were two times each year when I struggled most against the infiltration of American secular culture into the church. These two times also happened to be the main feasts of the church, Christmas [...]
Riffs: 11:14:09: Patrol Magazine and Evangelicals Who Won’t “Get Over It”
14 Nov by
I asked for permission to reprint an entire editorial column from the always provocative and frequently dead-on-target Patrol Magazine. It’s entitled “Get Over It.” It’s the latest installment in The Coming Evangelical Collapse, as far as I’m concerned. There aren’t enough ways to say “Yes” and “Amen” to this editorial. I’ll have more to say [...]
Circular Reasoning
11 Nov by
From the inimitable, irreplaceable, absolutely necessary Naked Pastor, David Hayward:
