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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Love and apologetics

Posted on March 9, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

But all of us, through impatience or pride, sometimes fall short of the command to love the one with whom we disagree. If love of God and love of neighbor is not our motivation for engaging in the discussion, then we are better off remaining silent.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: apologetics, apology, Love, reason

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The Winter of our Discontent – George MacDonald Quote

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 winter of our poverty, the winter of […]

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Blessed

Introduction to the Beatitudes – Sermon on the Mount #3

Before examining the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-11, it would be helpful to offer a few words on the meaning of the word translated “blessed” in our English Bibles. The word in the original is makarios, which in Homer denoted the “transcendent happiness of a life beyond care, labor and death.” (Theological Dictionary of the New […]

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Miles Stanford on self denial

Miles Stanford comments on those who seem spiritually mature but are really wrapped up in self.

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