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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Why I unfollowed nearly everyone on Twitter

Posted on January 17, 2017 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

So while running the risk of alienating many or all of my followers, I have decided that I will do a mass unfollow and then only follow accounts that will be helpful for me to get news, information, and encouragement.

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Twitter, unfollow

Social media and the need for validation

Posted on July 2, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Twitter Follow Me Bird

I read a where a social media guru recently said something to the effect of, “there are two types of people involved in social media, those who want more followers and those who are lying about it.” With the advent of social media, there is a danger in finding our validation in follower counts. Where should our validation come from?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Social Media Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, Religion and Spirituality, Social Media

Why I switched from Bufferapp to Timely for Tweet buffering

Posted on December 26, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

I recently made the switch from using Bufferapp as my primary mechanism for Tweet buffering. I now use Timely for reasons discuss here.

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Facebook, Google, Social Media, Tweet, Twitter

A Real Sense of Community

Posted on September 8, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Community

A few days ago I read a story about a man with 100,000 Twitter followers who took his own life. I know nothing about his history or the reasons behind the suicide. But I am struck by sadness that none of the 100,000 “friends” was close enough to prevent this tragedy. I often hear that […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Social Media Tagged With: Blog, Business, Church, Facebook, God, Social Media, Twitter

Gutenberg, Google and the Church

Posted on June 8, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Gutenberg could not have imagined the speed of communication today. The church has the opportunity to use this speed to proclaim the Gospel.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Social Media Tagged With: Church, Google, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Online Communities, Social Networking, Twitter

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A little Niebuhr to give perspective

We can, if we exercise the faith of Jesus, become as anxiety-free as Jesus was. We can, if we exercise faith in Jesus like Paul, be as anxiety-free as Paul.

This is so whether there is an “R” or “D” behind the president elect’s name on November 4.

Preaching

Righteousness, self control and the judgment to come

It may be true that the church has been out of balance the the preaching of “hellfire and judgment” to an unhealthy degree. What does Scripture say?

Boxing Gloves

Herod vs. God

Herod sought to eliminate a threat to his power, but that threat represented God’s plan for the salvation of humanity, a plan that God would not allow to fail.

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

I am appalled and a good bit chagrined at the gap between what I believe and how I act. For example, I readily acknowledge the theological truth that there is nothing good in me that caused God to choose me as one to be saved. I fully believe in the Reformation idea that salvation is […]

Power

The same power

These words have bothered me. I agree that they are true, I agree that Jesus has demonstrated that power to us. But singing them brought up some questions in my mind.

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