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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

  • Westminster Shorter Catechism Series
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Even Lawyers Can’t Mess This Up

Posted on April 7, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Chained Bible

At our church, we are studying through the book of 2 Timothy in the New Testament. A line from Chapter 2 struck me where Paul writes, “but the word of God is not bound.” Paul is saying that even though he himself is bound, Scripture cannot be put in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Bible, Lion, Scripture

6 Reasons for a Church to Engage via Social Media

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

Social Media

I am a relative newbie when it comes to social media (SM). My involvement with SM came as a result of a discussion we had in an elders meeting surrounding the potential benefit of SM for the church. In November of last year, I plunged into Twitter … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Church and Technology Tagged With: Church, Facebook, Google, Online Communities, Social Media, Social network, Twitter, YouTube

Ed Stetzer, Jeremy Myers, Terry Jones and the Apostle Paul

Posted on April 4, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

On Saturday, I saw this Tweet from Ed Stetzer: I agree with Ed and apparently so do others since this was retweeted 100 times to date. I also appreciated Jeremy Myers’ response in his blog. This morning I read in Acts 17 where Paul … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Ed Stetzer, Gospel, Islam

No Other Gods . . .

Posted on April 1, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The drive to worship is deep in the heart of humanity. For evidence of this we need to look no further than any stadium in which an NFL game is being played. The energy behind the worship of the professional football team in the city near which I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: atheism, Jesus, Worship

Anticipating an Important Letter

Posted on March 30, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

How fast would you run to the mailbox if you knew that a personal letter from the President was waiting for you? Regardless of your political loyalties, to have such a letter would be an important occasion and you would have great anticipation as to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, God, Scripture

The Antidote for Fear, Grumbling and Myopia

Posted on March 29, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Myopia

The Bible presents life as it really is. Scripture stories are about people who do the same stupid things that I find myself doing. I am encouraged by this. In Exodus 17 we have the Nation of Israel in the desert and in need of water. This is a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Fear, God, Israel

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A word on church culture

For me it boils down to two choices. Either we have a church culture centered on the gospel or we have something else that looks like the church but is not.

Method vs. Message

With the advent of the internet and connected mobile devices, it is likely that most of us are distracted too much of the time. We have instant access to knowledge/facts/data on just about any topic we care to investigate. I can attest that this has had a negative impact on my attention span. With so […]

Book Review: The Sky Is Not Falling by Charles Colson

Review I must say that I’ve had a difficult time writing a review for this book. Not because I didn’t like it (I did like it), not because it isn’t worth reading (it is), but because there are many facets to the critique of 21st Century American and how the Church responds to it. Mr. […]

Stormy Heavens

When the heavens are silent

Sometimes it seems that our prayers bounce off the ceiling. How should we respond when Heaven is silent? Some thoughts on why God might not answer.

C. S. Lewis on responding to pain

A quote from C. S. Lewis on what is effective in helping someone respond to the pain of a difficult time provides a challenge to all believers.

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