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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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New is always better?

Posted on April 7, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

One thing that I have noticed in those who are pushing for what they call progress, is that they are usually tolerant of anything new and intolerant of anyone who questions their new idea. For the sake of this discussion I will call them progressives. I have encountered progressives in the political realm and I […]

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Easter Greetings 2021

Posted on April 4, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

It has been nearly two whole months since I’ve posted. I hope that this note finds you well and I also hope that you have been encouraged by your celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The short reason I haven’t written in a while is that I felt like I had nothing to say […]

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On the value of good preaching

Posted on August 14, 2019 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

We should expect our preacher to communicate to himself and to us the diagnosis that God makes upon our condition and the corrective action that God prescribes. We don’t need or want the preacher to interfere with this process by filtering out the inconvenient or disturbing bits.

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Before you hit send . . .

Posted on July 18, 2019 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Send button

While the angry, “I guess I showed them” type of response may be gratifying in the moment, it doesn’t help in the long run. Such a response brings division which grieves the Lord who died to bring unity.

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Some Reflections Concerning Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2017 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Give thanks

As I sit and reflect on the value of a day dedicated to giving thanks many thoughts come to mind.

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Three goals of church discipline

Posted on October 14, 2017 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Three

I sometimes wonder how Christians would be viewed if every interaction would be restrained by these three goals. I would think that fewer people would think the church to be a bunch of judgmental hypocrites if these were followed.

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The danger of virtue-signaling

We need to be ever vigilant against our inner Pharisee.

Daniel Praying

A prayer for today

We can learn a lesson from Daniel’s prayer. Daniel earnestly interceded on behalf of his people and asked God to intervene and do something about it. God has responded in a most amazing way by sending Jesus.

Dangerous Calling

Paul Tripp on Ends and Means

Looking back on some of my church experiences, I suspect that I have been in more than one church where the pastor confused ministry ends and means as Paul Tripp describes above.

Altar

We build the altar but God sends the fire

It is right to want more people sitting under the preaching of the gospel. There is nothing inherently wrong with wanting to learn from others. But the danger is that we can lose focus on what real spiritual growth looks like and we lose sight of who causes that growth.

One flesh and inseparable – does your church view marriage this way?

When the divorce rate in the church is little different than in society in general, we must be honest about how well we support marriage. Church leadership has the responsibility to not allow ministry to be a cause of division in a marriage.

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