Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2008 58 Comments »
It’s time for audience participation.
At the school where I work, we have two weekend worship gatherings. These used to be led by a local church, and so we called them “church.” We have daily “chapel” in the same worship space.
These two worship gatherings need a cool, hip, emerging name. Like “Element.”
Gathering #1 is […]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8th, 2008 15 Comments »
I think it’s telling that the two most prolific evangelism programs in evangelicalism both approach their audience with questions that Jesus never used.
“Do you know that God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life?”
“If you were to die tonight, and God were to asked you, why should I let you into my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3rd, 2008 49 Comments »
In my last response to commenter Nicki, I want to open up some of the difficulties that flow from her call for embracing homosexuals on the terms which they want. Nicki wrote
Until Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender persons are embraced by the Church as another part of God’s wonderful creation, they will not feel welcomed. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2nd, 2008 23 Comments »
Nicki is a commenter at the post What Do Gays And Lesbians Hear? She made some excellent points that deserve response. I appreciate the constructive conversation, and especially the participation of gay friends.
I quote again from Nicki’s comment.
Personally, I believe the only way to understand the Bible, is to understand it in the culture and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1st, 2008 38 Comments »
First, here’s the entire comment from Nicki I am going to be writing about over the next few posts.
Michael,
While I do appreciate your progressive attitude towards GLBT people, I still find that it sends a very patronizing and negative message to GLBT persons. “I hate the sin, but love the sinner” is almost as bad […]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Drew Marshall, one of the finest interviewers anywhere, is replaying his two hour interview with Larry Norman and posting this past week’s Larry Norman tribute, which contained comments from Keaggy and Stonehill.
If you are a Larry Norman friend, you won’t want to miss these great programs. Thank you Drew!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
Here’s a rarity. Thanks to Subverting Mediocrity for this video of Eugene Peterson doing a public interview at a writer’s event last year.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11th, 2008 7 Comments »
UPDATE: What makes unity more difficult? The continued propagation of new dogmas about non-essential matters that divide Christians from one another.
1. It’s surprising that you say denominations are inevitable when you seem to spend so much time saying they are wrong. Contradiction?
Human beings are diverse in the fact of creation. I believe cultural diversity is […]
For the past hour, I’ve been trying to find a Protestant church nearby where I can go for Ash Wednesday service on February 6.
If you don’t know where I live, let me put it this way: There are probably more churches marking Ash Wednesday in some Muslim countries than there are churches doing so within […]
I had the great honor of being the guest on today’s Steve Brown, Etc. Program. Steve is a real hero of mine, and if we ever got together in real life, we’d need lawyers and bail money.
Here’s a link to today’s program. Enjoy it and thanks again to Steve and the whole crew.
Posted in Uncategorized, iMonk 101 on January 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
I haven’t talked about Robert Capon in a while, so here’s a visit to one of my favorite past IM posts: “Jesus = Salvation.” I say this all the time in teaching and preaching. It’s been very helpful to me and hopefully to others. Capon got me there. I love you, Fr. Robert.
If you aren’t […]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2nd, 2008 34 Comments »
UPDATE: There are many Joel Osteen posts at IM. Here’s one of the latest. Links will take you to others.
Commenters whose comment amounts to “Jesus wouldn’t be blogging” should not be surprised that I do not post your comment. I don’t want to draw you into this abyss of sin.
Slate Magazine’s Chris Lehmann tears into […]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
I’m sure many of you have noticed that this web site is now being sponsored by New Reformation Press, and I appreciate all of you that have clicked over to NRP and visited. They have many outstanding products that you won’t find elsewhere. Very good people.
Among the products I’d like to most recommend is something […]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
While we’re on the subject of telling the truth, Brant Hansen is blogging about his medication, depression, being messed-up, his brain and lots of other great things revolving around taking Prozac. It’s just such great writing and so much needed I’ll just link it, and you can trust me: it’s very good.
BTW, Brant is the […]