An article to wrestle with

Although this is written from an American Southern Baptist perspective, it encapsulates the issues at play in evangelicalism. Certainly there have been positives gained from evangelicalism. However, the iMonk is spot on when it comes to much of what ails evangelicalism as a whole. If we are to be the church, we must listen to [...]

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What I’ve been reading…

One Stock That Needs To Drop

October 6th, 2008 by iMonk

If you are one of those people who monitor this blog for material to get me in trouble, go get a legal pad and two good pens.

Back in the Golden Age of this blog, I wrote quite a bit about my own Christian experience. Those “confessional” pieces made at least half of this blog’s reputation and most of its good friends.

Reality ensued, and about fifty posts disappeared permanently, with another 20 going into retirement. I broke the news that the authentic voice of Michael Spencer- broken, questioning, wondering, doubting, ranting- was going to have to be substantially muted.

I’ve not been happy with this turn of events, particularly on weekends like the one just completed. My mind and heart are full of things worth saying to those of you who come back here looking to know you’re not alone. But I’ll have to disappoint, at least for now.

But not entirely.

Stocks are dropping. Have you noticed?

I’ll tell you a stock whose value really needs to go down. While we’re devaluing and dumping the worthless, I’d like to add something to the pile.

The stock of evangelicalism is way over-valued. It’s worth less than half of what we’re paying for it, because about half of evangelical religion is worthless.

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Advent reflection from- Why We Are Waiting…

I’ve been receiving Advent updates and reflections from one site  in particular that is intriguing. It is called: Why We Are Waiting… It has been very helpful so far. What I would particularly like to highlight is today’s Advent reflection excerpted from Abbott Christopher Jamison’s book Finding Happiness. Unfortunately, this excerpt rang true about some [...]

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