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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

  • Westminster Shorter Catechism Series
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Jesus and the law: What can we learn?

Posted on July 10, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Holy Bible

This post is #15 in the Sermon on the Mount Series. Based on their own understanding of the law, the Pharisees struggled to see how Jesus' behavior fit into that law. He allowed his disciples to eat without ceremonial washing. Jesus allowed his … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Christ, gold, hay, Jesus, precious stones, Scripture, silver, straw, stubble, wood

What you build and how you build it matters to God

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Build Stone Wall

Perhaps it due to the nature of the blogs I follow, or perhaps it is because of my own discontent, but I sense a growing dissatisfaction with the organized church. As evidence I would point to the Barna statistics that show that 6 out of 10 young … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: build, Christ, Christianity, Church, discontent, Foundation, God, gold, hay, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, precious stones, silver, straw, stubble, wood

Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Bullies on the Bus and the Rest of Us

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

No Bullies

Reverend Emily Heath recently wrote a commentary on the incident where some boys harassed a bus monitor and posted the video on YouTube. The article can be found here: Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Bullies on the Bus and the Rest of Us. I would like … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Christian, Christianity, God, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, YouTube

What I look for in a church

Posted on July 6, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Church

I recently had an article published at Till He Comes, the blog of Jeremy Myers. In hindsight, I could have worded the introductory portion of the post better than I did.  Here is how I would like to have written the introduction: I find myself at … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, pastor

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