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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Hugging Porcupines and Other Ostensibly Stupid Behaviors

Posted on May 28, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Porcupine

The Porcupines Among Us Every church has one or more porcupines in attendance. The porcupine is the person who feels entitled to stand in judgment of the church and often acts in a way that is disruptive to body life through their sense of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Church Leadership Tagged With: Christianity, Church, Evangelism, God, Jesus, leadership, Religion and Spirituality

Moses as Leader – Do the right thing even when it’s not appreciated

Posted on May 22, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Moses

Moses as Leader - The Story Moses is up on the mountain receiving the law from God. Meanwhile, down in the valley, the people of Israel have built and are worshiping a golden idol. Before they have even received the law, the people have broken the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture, Leadership Tagged With: God, Israel, Israelites, Leader, leadership, Moses, Old Testament, servant

What is behind the popularity of Harold Camping?

Posted on May 20, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

May 21 Calendar

Harold Camping and May 21 As many people know, Harold Camping has predicted that the rapture will happen on May 21. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that I will be writing a post the morning of May 22 thanking God for another … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Bible, Church, Epistle to the Romans, God, Heaven, Jesus, Scripture

Growth in trees or believers

Posted on May 18, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Blue Spruce Seedling

The Observation I walked through our yard yesterday to check out the 25 Colorado Blue Spruce trees I planted a few weeks ago. They were bare root seedlings similar to what is shown in the picture to the left. I was looking at the trees to see if … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christian, Church, God, Jesus, Love, obedience

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