Dude – we’ll miss you: Michael Spencer 1956-2010

safe_imageThis hurts … losing a blogger friend like Internet Monk aka Michael Spencer. I read him often. He mikedid several things well. He criticized evangelicalism in a way that was graceful. I tried to learn how to do this by reading him (it ain’t totally happened yet). He was fair and balanced in his engagement with the Neo-Reformed ever being careful not to throw the Reformation under the bus and out with the bathwater. He did theology out of a care for on the ground ministry. These kind of theologians are hard to find. I did not know Michael face to face  ………….  but boy will I miss him.
Our prayers with Denise and the children. May they know the profound reality of Easter out of Romans ch. 8 – that “nothing can separate us from the love of God” in Christ Jesus.

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David Fitch

David Fitch (Ph.D) is a longtime pastor in Chicago, and the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary. He teaches on the issues the local church must face in mission including cultural engagement, leadership, and theology. He's written multiple books, including Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines that Shape the Church for Mission (2016), and the forthcoming 2024 release, entitled Reckoning With Power: Why the Church Fails When it's on the Wrong Side of Power (Brazos, Jan 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Substack.