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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Quality vs. quantity – thoughts on building the church

Posted on April 10, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Gold Bars

According to The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20), we are called to make disciples. In those churches which are concerned about making disciples, I have observed that many of them gauge their success based on numbers of people in attendance. When … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Church, God, Gospel of Matthew, Great Commission, Jesu, Jesus Christ

Faithfulness – The currency of God’s economy

Posted on March 31, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Cash Register

Things took a turn for the worse in King Saul's life when he allowed jealousy to creep into his relationship with David. From reading the account of Saul's life in 1 Samuel, we know that Saul's decline and ultimate downfall were his own … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, David, God, Samuel, Saul

Truth Whack-A-Mole – Follow-up to a comment

Posted on March 27, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Whack-a-mole

In a comment on my blog post entitled Truth Whack-A-Mole a question was raised about Jesus' claims to divinity. You can read the entire comment, but below is a snippet and my response. I agree with C.S. Lewis that he was either lying, delusional, or … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Apostle Paul, C. S. Lewis, God, Jesus, Paul

Speed dialing with no signal – Dealing with frustration in prayer

Posted on March 25, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Recently, the lyric "speed dialing with no signal" from a U2 song caught my ear. It grabbed my attention because it described my recent experience in prayer. I take some comfort in the fact that many saints before me have had similar experience. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: David, God, Jesu, Jesus, prayer

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