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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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The Low Whisper

Posted on November 22, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

God is not a bully who badgers people into submission to his will. He is a gentleman who patiently woos the object of his love. He speaks in a gentle and quiet whisper, drawing people to himself.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Facebook, God, Good News, Gospel, Jesus, Lord, Social Media, Twitter

Genesis 3 – Sin and Separation

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

Separation

There is a sense of longing in the culture around us. Implicit in this longing is an acknowledgment that things are not as they should be. Artists, politicians and marketers all play to this longing. Where does this sense of longing come from? If we are “dancing to our DNA” or if we are random […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Creation

Dr. Luke Investigates

Posted on November 15, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Medical Symbol

Our pastor is preaching through the Gospel of Luke on Sunday Mornings. During the sermon yesterday a thought struck me. Luke was a physician which is why he sometimes gives very detailed descriptions of the infirmities of those who came to Jesus for healing. The “aha” moment for me yesterday was when I realized that […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Healing, Luke

Dorothy Sayers on the Incarnation

Posted on November 12, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Dorothy Sayers

I’m re-reading Dorothy Sayers’ book Creed or Chaos? and have to share another quote with you: “It is not true at all that dogma is ‘hopelessly irrelevant’ to the life and thought of the average man. What is true is that ministers of the Christian religion often assert that it is, present it for consideration […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, crucifixion

Death is Dead

Posted on November 9, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

No Death

Deuteronomy 14:1b-2 You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Death, Fear, God, Israel, Jesus, Lord

Deuteronomy 13 – Don’t Rely on Pragmatism

Posted on November 5, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Track

Deuteronomy 13:1–3 (ESV) “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ […]

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2nd Place

Second place is first winner

In leading the church, we need to understand that second place is first winner when we surrender to Christ and allow him to build his church. We win because Jesus can make something more beautiful than we can even imagine.

William Barclay on the Dreams of Men

But if ever men’s dreams of peace and loveliness, and greatness and satisfaction, are to be realized, they can find their realization only in Jesus Christ.

Humility

The call and the gift

I heard a speaker recently talk about ministry as a fusion of calling and gifting. Both the call and the gifting are given by God to those he chooses to minister to his church. And both the calling and the gifting must be operational for ministry to be effective.

Touching the Lord’s Anointed

1 Samuel 24:6 (ESV) 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.” As I read this, i thought of Romans 13:1-2 where Paul informs us that our leaders are […]

Rumble Strips

Thankful for the rumble strips

Rumble strips on the road assist us in arriving at our destination and keep us out of the ditch. Scripture provides warnings that function as spiritual rumble strips. One is found in Galatians 5 and is the subject of this post.

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