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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Step out of the winepress

Posted on April 2, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The question for me is whether I am willing to rely on God and take a risk if God calls me to do something. Am I willing to be misunderstood? Am I willing to be reviled by those who don’t agree with me?

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Rest in God’s Goodness

Posted on February 5, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

If I cast the burden on God he promises to sustain me. The bottom line is that either this promise is true or it is not. I can choose to believe it or I can chose to disbelieve.

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On Christian Calling

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

I was recently asked about my calling and where I see myself with regard to Christian ministry. In thinking about how to respond to this question, it comes to me that whatever the answer is, it must be rooted in the two great commands to love God and love neighbor. First, I must confess that […]

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Be willing to be hurt

Posted on January 30, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

My assumption is that everyone has difficult people in their lives. We have people with whom we must interact for one reason or another, but much of that interaction is unpleasant or draining. I’m thinking of coworkers, family members, church members, neighbors, etc. The Apostle John described Jesus as being “full of grace and truth” […]

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Putting on our “game face”

Posted on January 16, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

One of the things that I struggle with in church is the pressure that we feel to put on the churchy version of game face when we come on Sunday. If you’ve been in the church at all you probably know what I’m talking about. Game face is a look intended to convey that everything […]

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O Come, All Ye Faithful

Posted on December 20, 2022 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

This Christmas, may we look beyond the normal holiday stuff to see how the baby in a manger has caused the light of eternity to break into the darkness to give us hope in the midst of our current struggle.

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K. P. Yohannan on willingness to suffer

K. P. Yohannan offers a challenge to us about being willing to suffer for the cause of Jesus Christ. A short post containing a quotation from “Against the Wind.”

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On the value of doctrine

Perhaps we should hit the pause button and stop to think about what kind of disciples we are making. We would do well to remember Jesus’ words in Matthew 7.

Good advice in turbulent times

It is easy to get our knickers in a twist over current events. It is easy to get caught up in the rhetoric of whichever political party seems to better fit our predisposition.. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and wonder if things will ever stabilize or get better.

C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis on Christian morality

People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I don’t think that is the best way of looking at it.

I believe

Schaff on the Apostles’ Creed

Having grown up in anti-liturgical Baptist churches, I was not exposed to The Apostles’ Creed until I was an adult. It is a shame since, as Schaff points out, it is an excellent summary of the facts on which the Christian faith is based.

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