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On corruption in government

Posted on May 20, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

A quote from Augustine stimulated some thoughts on how Christians should respond to government corruption and the willful deceit of the people.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Augustine, corruption, government, Politics

How to keep Chreasters coming back

Posted on April 8, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Chreaster

How should the church respond to Chreasters, those who attend on Christmas and Easter? Is there anything we can do to keep them coming? I think there is and it isn’t very complicated.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Chreaster, Christmas, Church, Easter, Jesus

Let’s maintain some perspective

Posted on March 29, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

In the debate over homosexual marriage, we must maintain perspective. We can press for external conformity or be used by God to bring internal change.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Church, homosexuality, marriage, perspective, pride

Branded by Grace: a reaction to Les Miserables

Posted on January 4, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Jean Valjean

In the recently released movie, Les Misérables, two characters were touched by Grace and were not the same as a result. It was almost as though God put a brand upon them. They were branded by Grace.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: branding, Grace, Javert, Jean Valjean, Les Misérables, movie

There is a gene for that

Posted on December 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

DNA

I recently heard an author say that there is a gene that causes people to be bad or good. What is the basis and what are the implications of such a belief?

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: gene, genetics

Longing for a home I’ve never seen

Posted on December 5, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Clouds

There is a sense that the world is not quite right. In response, we have a longing for something better. We long for a home we’ve never seen.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: home, longing

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An unwanted mirror

In Matthew 23:13-33, there are recorded eight woes that Jesus pronounced upon the “scribes and Pharisees.” Jesus is harsh in his criticism as he unloads on his antagonists. The danger is that we can read these woes in a way that is not helpful or appropriate. If we take an us/them approach to these woes, […]

Question 17

What happened to man in the fall?

You might take issue with the idea of the fall of man as recorded in the book of Genesis. You might not attribute the state of man to sin, but you would have to work very hard to avoid the evidence that man is prone to misery.

Tune my heart . . .

It is precisely because Jesus died and rose again that I can have hope to be other than I am. For what could I pray if there was no hope that my sin has been conquered? For what could I pray if Jesus did not rise and demonstrate that sin and death are vanquished? What hope have I without the Cross and the empty tomb?

Heavenly Minded

Heavenly minded or no good at all

I have heard it said that a person could be so Heavenly minded that he is of no Earthly good. Perhaps it is only me, but I find that I am in greater danger of becoming so Earthly minded that I am no good at all.

You Just Don't Get It

The Fellowship of the Obtuse

I am comforted that the men who God used to turn the world upside down had moments when they just did not get it. They, at times, were just as obtuse and blind as I often am.

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