December 20th, 2006 by iMonk
This is a sermon written for the third week of Advent. It’s expanded from a talk I gave at soli deo, Tuesday, January 19th.
For a complete and substantial response to Sam Harris’s book, Letters to a Christian Nation, see Douglas Wilson’s excellent series “Letters To Mr. Harris.” (Archived here, earliest […]
May 2nd, 2006 by iMonk
Readers interested in an objective view of the life of A.W. Pink should read Iain Murray’s Biography of Pink, which has the virtue of being complimentary of Pink the theologian and teacher, and honestly critical of Pink’s eventual inability to be part of a church fellowship.
The important thing to remember […]
May 4th, 2006 by iMonk
David Wayne has an excellent post at Jollyblogger on the foolishness of what he calls a “purely” incarnational ministry, by which he means a focus on the earthly ministry of Jesus that omits the present reign of Jesus as Lord of the universe and Lord of the church. Mostly because […]
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The Closer EP
On first look, you could be forgiven for asking yourself how the masterful Jars of Clay could do such a thing as to release an EP with only five tracks - only two of which are new. But fear not […]
February 25th, 2006 by iMonk
Are evangelicals blind to the obvious faults of the Apostle Paul….and, consequently, to many of their own?
I’m reading Charles Freeman’s book “The Closing of the Western Mind.” It’s not exactly an unbiased presentation of Christianity, though Freeman’s thesis that established Christianity squelched the rational tradition of the Greeks is interesting […]
February 7th, 2006 by iMonk
UPDATE: Jason Boyett’s “Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse” is a great book for anyone interested in the basics of evangelical apocalyptic eschatology.
Advocates of the rapture make much of the texts in Luke and Matthew that speak of “one taken, one left.”
Luke 17:34-35 34 I tell you, in that night there […]
June 12th, 2007 by iMonk
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
John 7:37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, […]
June 13th, 2007 by iMonk
I’ve been thinking about how much we can know about God. In particularly, how does a deeply missional God work the knowledge of himself into a life like mine?
The “pomo warning light” is now on at TR Blogwatch Central, but I’m not going down that road. I’m looking at Abraham, […]
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