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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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More than I can handle

Posted on November 29, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

“The loss of loved ones, debilitating and fatal illnesses, personal betrayals, financial reversals, and moral failures – all of these will eventually come upon you if you live out a normal life span. No one is immune.” Timothy Keller in Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering As I was reminded in a sermon recently, […]

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Facing Rejection

Posted on November 27, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I think that everyone who has made it through middle school has faced some form of rejection. The feelings of not fitting in and the constant pressure to conform to some undefined standard are difficult to navigate, especially if one does not have an adult to walk beside him to assure him that those feelings […]

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Anger and Hate

Posted on November 24, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

When we, who identify as Christians. vent our anger and hurt others, we are misrepresenting the one we claim to worship since He commanded us against it. This is a clear violation of the Second of the Ten Commandments.

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Standing in grace

Posted on November 18, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

But grace is a hard concept for many of us. Or, at least, this is the conclusion I draw both from self-examination and observation of how others live.

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Mercy over Judgement

Posted on November 4, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

We all fail to live up to the standard we have set for ourselves. We are all inconsistent in having our actions match what we claim to believe.

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3 Questions

Yancey’s Three Questions

Yet behind the three questions stands a person who claims to have the explanation and the answer to these questions.

On bread, fish and urban ministry

I thought of a little boy who was going to a church meeting carrying his lunch. It was about two thousand years ago when Jesus was teaching the crowds and the disciples came to Jesus suggesting that he disperse the crowd so that they don’t pass out from hunger. Jesus took that boy’s lunch of bread and fish and multiplied it so that everyone could eat.

Sheep

A mediation on Psalm 1

I have read this psalm many times, but this morning I came away with a different impression than I have ever had before.

Four Lessons From the Resurrection

The four lessons It is Easter Sunday 2011, the day which commemorates the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. I insert the adjective “bodily” to distinguish myself from those who would understand the resurrection story to be nothing more than a metaphor for renewal and hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:14, the Apostle Paul tells us that […]

On the Kindness of God

In the same way, we need to present God as the loving father who is waiting for all of us to turn to him. But our turning to him is initiated by our repentance. With proper understanding of the kindness and the holiness of God, repentance is the only reasonable response.

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