As some of you know, at NRP we are fans and supporters of Michael Spencer, (aka the Internet Monk) and his blog. To us, he represents what good blogging is all about. He has been blogging for about eight years, and we have been reading him for about two years. His writing is always good, but like a fine wine that improves with age, he just keeps getting better and better.

This past week he put up a couple posts that are simply fantastic. If you read Christian blogs at all, these two posts are required reading. The first one is his encouragement to many of his readers who find themselves in a church or situation devoid of the proclamation of the Gospel. It is basically a Gospel rant, and it’s a good one. He says,

As a Christian, I am staking my all on the Gospel. I am staking nothing on the law. As a minister, I am called and ordained by the church to proclaim the Gospel, not the law. When I can no longer speak, I pray that all I have spoken will be Gospel, Gospel and again, Gospel.

Preach it, Brother!

The second post is the bittersweet story of his father’s faith. Although his dad was a Christian for most of his life, he considered himself a “failed” Christian until he discovered the grace of Christ in the Cross in his later years.

This story profoundly affected me because I lived a similar but much shorter version of it. The discovery of God’s work through Christ on my behalf was nothing short of earth shaking. Much of the impetus behind New Reformation Press is born of the spiritual desperation I lived in before someone shared what the work of Christ meant for me, even as a Christian. That’s why we do this. That’s the common thread in all the things you see on this site.

Take a few minutes to read these posts. They say something really important. You’ll be glad you did.

By Pat K

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