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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Living in the not yet: dealing with a stony heart

Posted on January 27, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Stony Heart

So living in the not yet, we struggle with the pieces of the world (including ourselves) that are not in submission to Christ. That is the bad news.

The good news is that one day Jesus will return and set everything right, including my stony heart.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, heart, not yet, rebellion, stony, submission

Thoughts on the Incarnation of Christ

Posted on June 1, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Incarnation

That Jesus loved us enough to “tabernacle among us” (John 1:14) should blow our minds. That his did so for the purpose of dying to redeem us adds to the “amazingness” of the whole plan.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: amazing, Christ, incarnation, Worship

John Stott on Jesus’ Hour

Posted on April 15, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The Cross of Christ

Jesus referred to an “hour” that was coming in his life and ministry. John Stott writes about what Jesus meant by this.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christ, Cross, Gospel, hour, Jesus, Stott

Crowds and compassion

Posted on July 24, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Crowd

While we might view a crowd as an inconvenience, Jesus viewed the crowd as an opportunity to meet their physical and spiritual needs. There is much we can learn from Jesus’ feeding of the 4,000 as recorded in Mark 8.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, crowd, Jesus Christ

Jesus and the law: What can we learn?

Posted on July 10, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Holy Bible

Jesus tells us that no part of the Old Testament law will fall away before it is fulfilled. What does this mean and how should we respond? Do we need to change how we approach the law and how we teach it?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Christ, gold, hay, Jesus, precious stones, Scripture, silver, straw, stubble, wood

What you build and how you build it matters to God

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Build Stone Wall

With 60% of young people walking away from the church, we must evaluate the foundation on which we build and how well we build upon it. The eternal destiny of the next generation is at stake and we cannot afford to continue with such a high failure rate. We must do better.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: build, Christ, Christianity, Church, discontent, Foundation, God, gold, hay, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, precious stones, silver, straw, stubble, wood

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Rejoice

Rejoice is a command

The Apostle Paul was confident that he was in Prison for a purpose and in prison he practiced what he preached. He rejoiced in the difficult circumstances and demonstrates that I have no excuse for not doing the same.

Not so common sense

Perhaps I am on my way to being a curmudgeon but I am increasingly amazed at how little common sense is displayed by those who have the desire to lead and educate us.

Finger Pointing

Can we stop pointing fingers?

God wants our hearts to reflect his heart. What would our world look like if they did? We would probably do less finger pointing and more work to bring healing and reconciliation.

On Abuse of Power

This should be instructive to use as we look as to how the church should be structured. We have too many examples of how celebrity pastors have gone astray by assuming power that was never theirs to assume.

Grace

5 Marks of a grace based church

In responding to the question, “how can you identify a grace based church?” I came up with 5 identifying marks of such a church. See if you agree with these and add your own in the comments section.

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