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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

  • Westminster Shorter Catechism Series
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Water, chisel or dynamite? Choosing the right tool to drive change

Posted on February 24, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Rock is a material that is resistant to change and provides a good analogy for an organization or people that need to be lead. Rock likes to stay as it is, it will not change on its own. Having worked in the mining industry I know what impact … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Business, God, leadership, rock, water

Beware the leaven . . . thoughts on contemplative prayer

Posted on February 22, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Philospher

There has been some discussion lately about the danger of contemplative prayer in the Church. While I understand that some proponents of this practice lean heavily on eastern religious practice and error has crept in, I am concerned that an … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Bible, Christianity, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, pharisee, psalm

Martyn Lloyd-Jones on True Christians and the Sermon on the Mount

Posted on February 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

In the introduction to Martyn Lloyd-Jones' Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, he writes this: I suggest to you that [the Sermon on the Mount] is the best means of evangelism. Surely we all ought to be urgently concerned about this at the present … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, Jesus, sermon, Sermon on the Mount

Toward the conquest of fear

Posted on February 18, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

We have nothing to fear - FDR

In his first inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt used the oft quoted phrase, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The first time I heard this quotation, I thought it rather silly since there are many things to fear. But as I've … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Christ, Christ Jesus, God, Jesus, New Testament

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