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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Be willing to be hurt

Posted on January 30, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

My assumption is that everyone has difficult people in their lives. We have people with whom we must interact for one reason or another, but much of that interaction is unpleasant or draining. I’m thinking of coworkers, family members, church members, neighbors, etc. The Apostle John described Jesus as being “full of grace and truth” […]

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Putting on our “game face”

Posted on January 16, 2023 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

One of the things that I struggle with in church is the pressure that we feel to put on the churchy version of game face when we come on Sunday. If you’ve been in the church at all you probably know what I’m talking about. Game face is a look intended to convey that everything […]

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O Come, All Ye Faithful

Posted on December 20, 2022 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

This Christmas, may we look beyond the normal holiday stuff to see how the baby in a manger has caused the light of eternity to break into the darkness to give us hope in the midst of our current struggle.

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No stumbling blocks

Posted on November 30, 2022 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Let Scripture be the offense, not the way we present it. Let Jesus as The Way, The Truth, and The Life, be the offense, not how we follow Him.

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Can’t go back to Egypt

Posted on August 13, 2022 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

When we are faced with difficulty or uncertainty in our current situation, we can wish that we could go back to some other time and place that seemed like Paradise compared to what we currently face. Like the Israelites, we can forget about the discontent, stress and other annoyances that caused to move on.

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A Follow-up Prayer

Posted on August 9, 2022 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

That is what I need today; to be left with wanting only Jesus . . .

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In the Confessions, Saint Augustine describes a depraved soul as “falling away from security in you to destruction in itself.” I like the way that Augustine puts this. When I make moral choices, I am choosing between God or self, light or darkness, building or destruction. There is no middle ground. Yet there is hope. […]

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Street signs pointing to right way and wrong way

There is a way that seems right to a man

These verses should also inform us that because of our inclination to go wrong, a healthy dose of self-doubt regarding our ability to understand and apply the Bible is advisable. Our first parents displayed the ability to distort what God said and if we are honest, we will admit that we share this with them. It is our nature to hear what we want to hear and avoid the rest.

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