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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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God is My Fortress

Posted on September 2, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Fortress

Psalm 59:16b (ESV) For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. Matthew 10:28 (ESV) 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. In reading Psalm 59 this […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: David, English Standard Version, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, psalm

The Fellowship of the Obtuse

Posted on August 28, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

You Just Don't Get It

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.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: English Standard Version, God, Gospel, Jesus, Luke, New Testament

Ask, Seek and Knock

Posted on August 21, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Knock

Luke 11:9–10 (ESV) 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. In response to these […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, English Standard Version, God, Jesu, Luke, prayer, Religion and Spirituality

A Matter of Perspective

Posted on August 18, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Storm at sea

The disciples are frantic. Jesus is asleep. The response to the storm is a matter of perspective.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: boat, Christianity, Evangelism, God, Jesus, master, Religion and Spirituality

Psalm 43:3 – Light and Truth

Posted on August 17, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Light

Psalm 43:3 (ESV) 3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! As I read this verse this morning, I was reminded of Jesus’ claim to be the light of the world found in John 8:12, 9:5 and 12:46. Since […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Politics Tagged With: Bible, Christianity, English Standard Version, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Politics, United States

What I Learn from the Missional Movement

Posted on April 17, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

I recently overheard half of a phone conversation regarding the “missional” movement and the “Emergent Church” which prompted some thoughts. My thoughts gravitated to the two great commands. The first is to love God with my entire being. The second is to love my neighbor as myself. We, as humans, seem to prefer extremes – […]

Filed Under: Emergent Church Tagged With: Missional

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Play nicely with your fellow citizens

Too often I have experienced situations, even in good churches, where people lose sight of the fact that the person in the next pew is a fellow citizen, with the same access to God.

Soldiers

Training for the battle

Gibbon writes that the only difference between the field of training and the field of battle was the effusion of blood on the latter. The church could learn from the Romans.

Center Church

Timothy Keller on Renewal

Gospel renewal is a life-changing recovery of the gospel. Personal gospel renewal means the gospel doctrines of sin and grace are actually experienced, not just known intellectually.

Missing the point

The two great commands are all about relationship, not about doing. But the grid I’ve used to evaluate my life switches this around and makes it all about doing and I lose sight of the relationship.

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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