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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Righteousness, self control and the judgment to come

Posted on December 31, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Preaching

Perhaps it is true that the church has been out of balance in the preaching of "hellfire and judgment" to an unhealthy degree. There may still be some churches that struggle with this but I think that more have swung the pendulum the other way and do … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Hell, judgment, Righteousness, self-control

Philip Yancey on the problem of pain

Posted on December 26, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Philip Yancey

With regard to those who use the problem of pain as a reason to disbelieve in God, Philip Yancey writes this: "It's as if we in modern times think we have a corner on the suffering market. Do we forget that Luther and Calvin liven in a world without … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Bunyan, Calvin, Donne, Luther, pain, Yancey

It’s not about do’s and don’ts

Posted on December 21, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

“Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.” (2 Timothy 2:22, NASB) The negative command is to flee youthful lusts, but Paul goes on to give a positive one. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: checklist, do, don't, Faith, Love, Peace, righeousness

There is a gene for that

Posted on December 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

DNA

It's all in our genes I was listening to a local sports talk radio show on my way to an appointment. The host of the show was doing an interview with a sports writer who wrote a book on cats. The author of the book (who's name I do not remember) was … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: gene, genetics

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