Book Review: The Heart of the Story by Randy Frazee

Posted on November 25, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

1 I was given an opportunity to obtain a review of The Heart of the Story, by Randy Frazee. The title and description of the bo interested me so I to advantage of the offer. The author nearly lost me right from […]

Book Review: The Sky Is Not Falling by Charles Colson

Posted on October 18, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

3s Review I must say that I’ve had a difficult time writing a review for this bo. Not because I didn’t like it (I did like it), not because it isn’t worth reading (it is), but because there are many facets to the […]

Thinking out loud – The Church and Political Process

Thinking out loud often gets me into trouble, but being slow to learn, I thought I’d record some thoughts prompted by a conversation. Waiting in to get some pizza at the Costco snack bar, we met a couple that we recognized from church but did not know well. We ended up getting to know […]

When to use the delete key

, , blogs and other communication tools enhance the speed of disseminating thoughts and information. The question I ask myself this morning is how do I determine what is worth communicating? Is there a test which determines when the ete key should be used? I believe that Paul gives us such a test in 1 […]

More than you can handle

On the surface, it seems correct to say that “God will not give you than you can handle.” Paul does tell us in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to escape the situation. But it is a huge jump to infer from this that God will not allow you to encounter situations that you cannot handle.

A Thought from Saint Augustine

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. […]

Your Father knows what you need, then why ask?

The question is, why should we pray if God already knows what we need? It is not like I am going to provide God with a missing piece of data without which he could not make a good choice.

Thy kingdom come . . .

I doubt that I have ever done a truly selfless act in my life. My actions fall into the range of slightly selfless to fully selfish. I don’t want it to be that way, I pray that it wouldn’t be that way, but it is what it is. When I recite prayers from Scripture and […]