Intro: Internet Monk a.k.a. iMonk, “That the World May Believe,” “Where We Got the Bible,” The New York Times had a chess blog (which reached the end of the line in Feb. 2011), Get Over It editorial in Patrol Magazine (read the iMonk reprint here).
Message: Gospel Cowards (read here). For John Piper on interracial marriage click here.
“We glorify God for answered prayer — the remaining 12 hostages are FREE!” Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement. “All 17 of our loved ones are now safe.” The Haitian National Police confirmed to the Associated Press that all hostages have in fact been released. At one time the 400 Mowgazi Gang were demanding $1 million ransom for each hostage. We do not know if any ransom payments or other arrangements were made. Read the full story via Christian Index.
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Intro: Evangelicals herding other believers online; misunderstandings between Protestants and Catholics; evangelical ecuminism.
Message: A co-worker with a terminal diagnosis. Michael does not know at this time that he is already very sick. Discussion of the Book of Common Prayer.
Here’s a Christmas card that I like. Some Christians struggle with the idea of sending secular cards with Santa Claus, snowmen or winter scenes on them. The religious cards may have a nativity scene or wisemen following the star to Bethlehem but are wildly inaccurate based on a careful study of the text. Christmas Card Theology is a post from all the way back in 2009. Rethinking the Angel Choir and Rethinking the Wise Men are better written with scripture references included. Those posts are ancient by internet standards but we’re talking about the Bible here.
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Intro: Thoughts and laments as the MLB season winds down; Collision, debate series between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson; Here is a link to Michael’s 2006 post on culture war.
Message: Gary Lamb, transition from pastor to real world. The Gary Lamb post at his website is no longer available but here is another blog post from 2009 if you want more backstory.
Hanukkah started November 28th and actually ends today. 99.9% of our readers don’t celebrated Hanukkah so hopefully no one feels slighted.
This is Happy Monday #456.
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There’s money in them there walls. If you haven’t come across this story yet, you will. It has just gone viral but the event actually happened back on November 10th. A plumber was removing a toilet at Lakewood Church in Houston and discovered several hundred envelopes filled with cash and checks inside the wall! Back in 2014 the church reported $600,000 had been stolen from their safe. If this is that money, the plumber wonders, why did the person who stashed it never come for it? Right now they have more question than answers. The truth is stranger than fiction.
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Intro: potluck with Catholics, book has a title, spent a day at Georgetown College, the changing understanding of one’s calling to ministry.
Message: Ways to hate and leave evangelicalism when you don’t have to.
The Master's Table 