The Christian blogosphere today will contain many reflections and tributes to Michael Spencer, aka Internet Monk. We posted a few of these here yesterday. For the Christian Church, the Internet is the most powerful tool we’ve been handed since the invention of the printing press. Here’s how some people used it this week.
- Blogger Tom at R.IP. Jesus thinks a local church Easter promotion got a little off the rails last weekend. Well, more than a little…
- Here’s one that might make you think a little. Seminary student Joel at the blog, Café of the Book, thinks that expressing theology in prayer may solve some of the gender problem.
- Mars Hill Bible Church pastor Rob Bell has a new, post-NOOMA channel on Vimeo called The Work of Rob Bell, in which he unveils this 4-minute video, Resurrection.
- Brian McLaren acknowledges some controversy and faces the musical question, “Why Do Evangelicals Dislike Me So Much?” in this article in The Huffington Post.
- The blog, Red Letter Believers remembers Johnny Hart, the cartoonist of the BC comic strip in this tribute.
- If you like tracking down blogs you haven’t seen before, consider Macho Lara. (Warning: His life is currently a ministry roller coaster!) Here’s a post I could totally relate to about going through a season of Music-less worship.
- Andrew Jones aka Tall Skinny Kiwi backtracks on his earlier response to John Piper’s comments on the demise of the Emergent Church.
- In a culture currently obsessed with vampires, Russell D. Moore observes correctly that Christianity is becoming increasingly “blood-less.”
- Darryl Dash at the blog DashHouse invited his readers to enjoy a free download from pastor Tim Kerr, a prayer manual titled Take Words With You. You might just want to become one of those readers!
- Youth Pastor and (apparently) part-time EMS guy Don Knoup shares a work-related story with a ministry-related analogy at A Broken Link.
- Stuff Christians Like blogger/author Jon Acuff notes this week that many Christians really don’t care for Christian movies.
- Here’s a sneak peek for all you early adopters at a little project I’ve started on the side.
- You can never read this message enough times: This one is from the National Review Online, and it’s about Getting Serious About Pornography. “Imagine a drug so powerful it can destroy a family simply by distorting a man’s perception of his wife…” Read this two-page article here.
It seemed appropriate to this week’s links that the comic selection for this week should be something by Johnny Hart:
Here’s one in living color from the book I Did it His Way: A Collection of Classic BC Religious Comic Strips (Thomas Nelson, 2009):
Thinking Out Loud 