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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

  • Westminster Shorter Catechism Series
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Blessed are the meek – Part 2

Posted on December 7, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Ballot Box

#7 in the Sermon on the Mount series. America will be holding a presidential election in 2012. As a result, political advertisements and discussions fill the airwaves and pixels of the news outlets. It is the way of politics to seek and to wield … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Beatitude, blessed, Church, meekness, Politics, power

Blessed are the meek; they get it all

Posted on December 4, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

This post is number 6 in the Sermon on the Mount Series and examines the familiar Beatitude, "Blessed are the meek." which is found in Matthew 5:5. The benefit conferred upon the meek is that they will inherit the earth. The word translated … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Beatitude, blessed, meekness

The balance between worship, service and fellowship

Posted on December 3, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Church Triangle

The Balance For a church to be healthy, each believer must have opportunity to participate in worship, service and fellowship. Some definitions are in order. First, when I refer to worship, I am speaking of the activities of the congregation when … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: fellowship, Love, teaching, Worship

Francis Chan on the Holy Spirit

Posted on November 27, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Forgotten God

I would like to share the following quotation from Forgotten God, by Francis Chan: "I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, holyspirit, Jesus, Religion & Spirituality

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