BibleDriven

Reflections on Truth and the Times

Category: Personal

Michael Spencer (1956-2010)

Michael Spencer (1956-2010), a.k.a. the Internet Monk (and my friend), passed from here (at his home in Oneida, KY) into the presence of the Lord yesterday (Monday, 05 April), with his family at his side.
I first got to know Michael when I was at Southern Seminary, and always enjoyed stimulating conversations with him over some [...]

“A manner worthy of the calling …”

“I call you my brothers, and count it my privilege and joy to serve with you. And to you and this common cause in which we stand I give my life. I will go anywhere with you, and face anything, to the end of finishing the mission we’ve been given—faithfully, fully, courageously, and honorably, [...]

Life-shapers

Biographies—good biographies (or perhaps I should say biographies of good people)—are always heartening, motivating, and edifying. I’ve recently been reading (slowly, for effect) Alan Jacobs’s good work entitled The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis. It’s one of those books … a page or two (sometimes a paragraph or two) and then [...]