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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Jonathan Gets a Clue

Posted on December 7, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

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In our never-take-no-for-an-answer, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps culture, perhaps it is difficult to understand Jonathan’s actions in 1 Samuel 20:12-17. We live in a world where self-promotion is expected; encouragement to “look out for #1” is covertly or overtly stated in almost every advertisement. We often look for validation in job titles, paychecks, hit counts and followers. Jonathan […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Books of Samuel, David, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, Israel, Samuel, Saul

The People Began to Scatter

Posted on November 28, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Fork in the Road Sign

I see in humans (principally in myself), an amazing ability to find good reasons to do the wrong thing. We (perhaps I am alone in this, but I think not) can muster arguments to do what we want even if it is not what we know is right.

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Getting caught in the blame game – Part 2

If evolution is true on what basis do we blame others? Where does the need to blame come from? This post is part 2 of a 2 part series.

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America’s Colosseum Spectacle

Someone once jokingly said of TV news, “if it bleeds, it leads.” In other words, the most shocking story is the one that gets the most attention. We, as fallen human beings, seem to gravitate toward shocking.

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A friend of mine, @jimworth, invited me to view a panel discussion featuring Ray Kurzweil which was entitled “Transcendent Man.” The subject of the discussion was Mr. Kurzweil’s documentary of the same title. As part of the panel discussion, a clip of comments by Bill Maher was included. In the clip, Mr. Maher made the […]

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Toward an Understanding of Christian Stewardship

The main word that is translated steward is οἰκονόμος (oikonomos), a compound of the words for house (οἶκος) and law (νόμος). It literally means one who rules over a household. Therefore a steward is one who manages his masters assets for the master’s benefit. A steward manages the assets of another. Therefore the first question […]

Paracites

Parasites vs. Producers – From Nebuchadnezzar to Wall Street

There have always been human parasites. God hates injustice and the church needs to know that parasites gather around political power.

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