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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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On Biblical Joy

Posted on November 6, 2024 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

In a recent sermon, I heard a definition of Biblical joy that I would like to share with you: Biblical joy is the conviction that God sovereignly controls the events of life for his glory and our good. I am writing this two days before the Presidential election in the United States. When this post […]

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How to fight spiritual battles

“There are plenty of problems facing the world today. We can worry about them. We can talk about them. We can protest in the streets. We can form organizations that pressure politicians to solve them. We can give money. We can write blogs. The one thing we must do is pray. If Samuel does not […]

Broken Hear

The scandal among us – Thoughts on Matthew 1

The genealogy in Matthew one includes those involved in scandal and immorality as being in the line of the Messiah. What can we learn from this?

Grace and Mercy

On Grace and Mercy Combined

If we are honest, the fact that we are not moral train wrecks has more to do with God’s grace than our ability to live out the Christian life. So why not extend that same grace to others?

Grace combined with even a modicum of mercy will have a powerful effect.

No Bullies

Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Bullies on the Bus and the Rest of Us

Rev. Heath published a piece in the Huffington Post which purports to give a Christian response to bullies. I have two points of challenge for Rev. Heath. One based on something she didn’t say and one based on something she did say.

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What is the gospel?

As I thought about this, I thought that I should use my Bible software to do a search of the word gospel in the New Testament to see how the gospel is described. Here is a list of things that I learned about the gospel from looking over the list along with a reference to where I found it. The list is not exhaustive; some of these appear in multiple places and I only list the reference to the first mention.

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