About Jim McCraigh

Jim McCraigh blogs at www.choosingthingsoflife.com and is the author of the Power of Brokenness… Making Healthy Choices that Change our Lives, Hearts and Families. He is a retired ministry leader, lay teacher and church elder.

What Authentic Christian Community Looks Like

Posted on July 30, 2013 Written by Jim McCraigh 5 Comments

Years ago, when I first started attending church, I thought I had to “look good and be good”. I believed that I needed to appear as if I had my act together and never messed up… and if I did, no one need ever find out about it. The good news is that I was dead wrong.

Dealing with apparent failure in apologetics

November 9, 2013 By Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

If some could witness the miracles of Jesus and remain unconvinced and unconverted, we would be foolish to think that everyone will respond to our presentation and defense of the Gospel. The will overrides the intellect when dealing with matters of faith and world view. If the lack of response is an indication of failure, it is a failure that Jesus also experienced.

Stumbling blocks: how we live matters more than our words

June 27, 2012 By Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Parents and church leaders, the best thing we can do for the next generation is to renounce our selfishness and come to meet Jesus at the Cross in humility and submission. We need to confess where we have compromised and seek to recover the ground that was lost. We want to hear the words of Matthew 25:21, “well done good and faithful slave.” We need to live lives that point to the reality of the Gospel.

Walking worthy

December 30, 2013 By Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

It is not wrong to encourage someone to “walk worthy of the Lord” as long as we understand that the “worthy” is determined by God and is gauged by the internal and not the external reality. This verse is not a club to be used to bash people into conformity to a list of do’s and don’ts. It is not to be wielded in this way to squelch behaviors that make us feel uncomfortable.

Jesus and the law: What can we learn?

July 10, 2012 By Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Jesus tells us that no part of the Old Testament law will fall away before it is fulfilled. What does this mean and how should we respond? Do we need to change how we approach the law and how we teach it?

Judging the judge: You cannot have it both ways

April 1, 2013 By Mark McIntyre 9 Comments

We complain when God steps in to eliminate evil. We complain when he allows evil. We try to judge the judge, but we cannot have it both ways.

Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

About Jim McCraigh

What Authentic Christian Community Looks Like

Blogroll

Archives

Categories