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The other day a strange feeling came over me.
Don’t get me wrong about what I’m about to say here. It was just a feeling. I’m not claiming any powers of discernment or certainty.
I got the distinct feeling there’s something wrong with a lot of people who say they are Jesus-followers/believers.
If you want to supply your […]

It’s a rant. Adjust your volume and thinking accordingly.
My denomination is about to have a ten year emphasis on evangelism.
I’ve been a Southern Baptist since birth. As far as I know, my denomination has never had any other emphasis than evangelism.
My denomination is more interested in evangelism than any other denomination in existence or Christian […]

In eight years, I’ve seldom launched a post off of a comment. No disrespect to commenters. They are fine folk, for the most part. But I almost never comment on another blog myself. The sort of person who chases down some phrase like “contemplative prayer” and then goes to battle in the comment threads of […]

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 […]

I’ve got a descrition of the Jesus Shaped Church over at Jesus Shaped Spirituality.

UPDATE: This post is starting to upset people, which is predictable. Add comments at your own risk because I’m surly.
I’m trying to not write when I am mad, because I always wind up getting in trouble with somebody, deleting the post and […]

I have a new post at Jesus Shaped Spirituality called “Jesus Says Cross the Line.”
I have all the stuff with me for a podcast, but it’s hard to do podcast production when you are on the road. I’m sorry to not get something out this week, and I’ll do my best, but this is one […]

Read the original (written back when I was a Calvinist): On Christless Preaching.
Recently I was traveling to a conference with a friend, and I listened to a sermon. Preached by a Christian, a Baptist, a minister at a church, a graduate of a Christian school training ministers to serve and communicate Jesus.
This preacher gave a […]

I will be suing Jared Wilson. Get lawyered up.
All resemblance to any actual, existing blogs is purely coincidental. I couldn’t possibly be referring to you.
Seriously though, I do want to be helpful. I can work on many of these things myself, otherwise they wouldn’t be in my head to tell you.
1. It’s too personal. Personal […]

***Music by The Doors: “The End.”***
There was an elf that met the children at the door. Also in this room was a store that had Barbies, action figures, Brats Dolls, and all of the most popular items that you would find in a Toy-R-Us catalog the day after Thanksgiving. In order for kids to get […]

Donny Deutsch’s reaction to Ann Coulter’s claim that it would be good if all people were Christians is about as good a tour of the postmodern cul de sac as you’ll find anywhere. Read the conversation, then report back here for class.
Dear Donny,
I like your program. I really do. I wish all my students would […]

I’ve closed the comments on this one since the original post containing the comment was removed. You can still read my response here.

UPDATE: Go into the comments and read the post by Pastor Scott Dontanville. Just go read it.
For those of you who are going to write me a hurt/angry note saying I’m picking on your church, I’m not. And if I am, I don’t know you anyway, so there’s no need to complain.
I just spent ten […]

UPDATE: TSK goes through the rumor mill and separates fact from fiction from bullxxxt. (If I was in Seattle I could say that.)
I listened to Mark Driscoll’s “Banned Video” presentation, wrote two posts, scraped both, and then tried to figure out what’s bothering me.
I finally think I have it. If you haven’t watched it, here […]

It’s been a while since I did an old-school “iMonk-rants-about-evangelicals” post, but all of them are still there in the essays department. Someone could assume- wrongly, I assure you- that those criticisms all came from the days when I was a Calvinist, and now that I’ve jumped off that bus, I have no problems with […]

A good friend mailed me a note the other day, asking my opinion of a book that was all the rage in his megachurch. It’s not the first time we’ve had that conversation. We’ve covered this ground many times because his church, like most of American megachurch evangelicalism, often behaves like a group of consumerist […]