http://www.internetmonk.com ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:05:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been trying to emphasize the Gospel as the foundational content of the Christian life for many years. While I've worked at fresh articulations of the Gospel, there are a lot of familiar articulations of the Gospel that show up in my preaching and teaching with high school students and ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/my-strange-experiences-with-an-absent-gospel-gospel-articulations-part-3 The apparent crisis in giving the Gospel its right and Biblically healthy place in evangelical Christian faith exists on several levels. First, there is the level of scriptural definition. While I can answer the question "What is the Gospel?" it is the Biblical material that should form my definition. Before I ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/my-strange-experiences-with-an-absent-gospel-scripture-sources-part-2 In a recent sermon, I said that I was deeply concerned about the understanding of the Gospel that I hear among adult Christians and especially preachers. I was not just making noise. With every passing year, I'm amazed that the level of Gospel understanding seems to be lower and lower ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/misplaced-taken-for-granted-and-ignored-my-strange-experiences-with-an-absent-gospel-part-1 1. Why did you start using the term "post-evangelical?" Aren't you aware of how that term is perceived in the discernment blogosphere? This will seem hard to believe, but I simply wanted a way to say I was moving past evangelicalism to something else, but that something else wasn't what would ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/three-questions-about-post-evangelicalism Chaplain Mike Mercer is one of the long-time faithful friends of this web site. Many of you will recognize him as a frequent commenter. Mike has gone the extra mile to befriend me and that has been a true gift. I wanted to do this interview because Mike is now involved ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/chaplain-mike-mercer-evangelicals-and-the-pastoral-care-of-the-dying-the-im-interview C.S. Lewis said that the person who tries to be unique never is, and the person who sets out to be original seldom is. I would suggest that the IM blog and IM radio podcast audience are made up of people who may, at least at some point, have felt they ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/curious-minds-want-to-know-does-the-im-audience-really-exist I am continuing to repost my 2005 series on "The Christian and Mental Illness." This post, "Is Mental Illness Demonic?" has been edited considerably from the original. This post will deal with some controversial ideas. I am not pretending to have the last word on any Biblical text or any ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/imonk-101-is-mental-illness-demonic Today's Gospel reading was Mark 13:1-8. There's a chapter with "Can o' Worms" written all over it. When I deal with this chapter, I try to show that the parts of the chapter that are easily understood plainly give us instructions on what we are to be doing and not doing. ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/preaching-for-grown-ups-mark-13 This week: Lessons from Chess. Get Over it. Gospel Cowards Support the IM sponsors: Restoring the Soul.com. Real help for restoring the pastor's soul. New Reformation Press. Reformation theology for everyone. Rockbridge Seminary. Family, ministry and online seminary all coming together. Alan Creech Rosaries (or aids to prayer. You decide) ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/internet-monk-radio-podcast-165 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. ... http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-111409-patrol-magazine-and-evangelicals-who-wont-get-over-it