Category Archives: Discernment

Down from the Ledge: Why the Church Needs to Drop the “Leap of Faith”

June 17th, 2013

I miss reading Michael Spencer, the late, lamented Internet Monk. Since his passing, I don’t read his site as much, though Spencer’s successor, Chaplain Mike, does have a worthy post from time to time. A post there that has drawn attention, Pastor Piper Scares the Kids, drew mine, and while many commenters have enjoyed ganging [...]

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The Missing Purpose of Church

June 5th, 2013

The lament we hear from many sectors in American Christendom is over the increasing number of people who shun church. While the numbers seem to bolster this observation, no one can agree as to why the exodus is happening. Some say those who have gone missing have left the Faith entirely. Others point to a [...]

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The Church, Tech, Ethics, Jaron Lanier, and the Destruction of the Middle Class

May 20th, 2013

After reading my recent post “‘Free’ and the Destruction of Worth,” reader Brian Auten sent notice of a compelling Salon interview with tech futurist Jaron Lanier—“The Internet Destroyed the Middle Class”—in which the polymath suggests he and other prognosticators underestimated the negative impact the Internet would have on our lives. As a musician, Lanier thought [...]

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