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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

  • Westminster Shorter Catechism Series
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It Ain’t About the Numbers – 6 Thoughts Toward Staying on Track

Posted on May 5, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Numbers

I have found that in having an on-line presence, it is easy to get caught up in a numbers game. How many followers do I have? How may hits have there been on the blog? What is my blog ranking? In our connected world, we have what seems like an … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Blogging Tagged With: Blog, mission, Social Media

Living Water or Broken Cisterns – A Choice for Western Society

Posted on May 4, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Nature abhors a vacuum is a proverb that came to me as I contemplated Jeremiah 2:12–13 recently: 12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: atheism, Islam, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, water

A Twitter Milestone

Posted on May 3, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

I'm relatively new to Twitter, but I did just passed a milestone. This morning I sent out my 1,000th Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/mhmcintyre/status/65411548939681796 In the grand scheme of things, this is not a huge accomplishment. But I do … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Jesus, Jesus Christ, Online Communities, Social Media, Social network, Tweet, Twitter

A Celebration of Death? – Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden reminded me of a post originally published in February of this year. I have taken the text from that post and added additional comments below. February 2, 2011: As we toured the Colosseum  in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Colosseum, Death, government, Media, Violence

We Are Designed by God to Create, Build and Accomplish

Posted on April 29, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

A man laying brics

Man was given an objective at the time of creation. Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden "to work it and take care of it" (Genesis 2:15 NIV). Creativity and accomplishment are part of our DNA, we are designed to build, create and do. Our … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: build, Creativity, Sin

6 Questions to Ask Before Presuming on Grace

Posted on April 27, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

I have had a few discussions lately with people that have struggled with the tension between law and grace. This is not a new question, and the Bible does have some things to say to us as we work out how to navigate through this tension. There are … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Christian, Faith, God, Grace, Jesus, salvation

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Young Golfer

It is worth doing badly

The fact that I sometimes do the Christian life badly does not diminish the truth of who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish. The Christian life is worth living, even if I fall short of where I think I ought to be in my level of spiritual maturity.

He will deliver

These verses are on my mind as I write this post: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.” Psalm 120:1–2, ESV The psalmist starts with the understanding that his prayer is heard. What is his prayer? His prayer is […]

Vision of God

Purity of heart is the means of seeing God

The Beatitude tells us that the pure in heart will see God. What does this purity look like and how will it assist vision of God? When will this vision be manifested?

God's Undertaker

John Lennox on Truth

My mention of truth leads me to fear that some people of postmodernist persuasion may be tempted not to read any further, unless of course they are curious to read (and maybe even attempt to deconstruct) a text written by someone who actually believes in truth. For my part I confess to finding it curious […]

Anger

Slow to anger

Too often we misrepresent God by being quick to anger rather than slow. Many examples of harsh comments on blog posts and angry rants by those who claim to be Christian can be found on the internet.

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