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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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4 Reasons Why I Dropped Disqus Comment System From My Blog

Posted on December 13, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 8 Comments

Disqus

After about 3 minutes of internet research on the subject, I decided to no longer use the Disqus comment system on this blog. I had no serious problems with Disqus. The service was free and it worked well. Yet, I found some reasons to turn off Disqus … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: comments, Disqus, Facebook, Twitter, wordpress

Humility wins the day – The humble will be exalted

Posted on December 12, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

To illustrate the need for humility, Jesus tells a curious story about how a Pharisee and a tax collector happened to enter the Temple at the same time to pray. We are not told if this was a real event or a story that Jesus made up. I want to think … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: humility, Jesus, pharisee

The Winter of our Discontent – George MacDonald Quote

Posted on December 11, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

George MacDonald

While reading George MacDonald's Adela Cathcart, I ran across this quote and thought I'd share it: "It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His. And into His winter He came to visit us. And all man's winters are His - the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christmas, discontent, quote

Christianity’s Image Problem

Posted on December 10, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

This morning I read an article entitled Christianity's Image Problem which prompted some thoughts. Because we live out the Christian life imperfectly, we give non-believers plenty of opportunities to criticize our hypocrisy. Matt Appling, the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Commentary Tagged With: Bible, Christian, Christianity, God, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality

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