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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Parasites vs. Producers – From Nebuchadnezzar to Wall Street

Posted on January 2, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Bible, Christian, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, Nebuchadnezzar, Old Testament, Wall Street

Resolved – Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards

Posted on December 31, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

To prime the pump for New Year’s Resolutions, a list of Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions might be helpful.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christ, Christian, Christianity, God, prayer, Religion and Spirituality

Christianity’s Image Problem

Posted on December 10, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

This morning I read an article entitled Christianity’s Image Problem which prompted some thoughts. Because we live out the Christian life imperfectly, we give non-believers plenty of opportunities to criticize our hypocrisy. Matt Appling, the author of the article, brings this out in his post. Christianity has an image problem because of Christians. This is […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Commentary Tagged With: Bible, Christian, Christianity, God, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality

Francis Chan on the Holy Spirit

Posted on November 27, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I would like to share the following quotation from Forgotten God, by Francis Chan: “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn’t be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that […]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, holyspirit, Jesus, Religion & Spirituality

Jesus does not agree with this church marquee . . .

Posted on November 20, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

A picture of a church marquee stimulated thoughts on the exclusive claims of Jesus.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Christ, Christian, Christianity, God, Heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Religion and Spirituality

Tozer: the truth about exposition –

Posted on October 11, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

I received an email containing the quote from A. W. Tozer and thought it worth sharing: Sound Bible exposition is an imperative must in the Church of the Living God. Without it no church can be a New Testament church in any strict meaning of that term. But exposition may be carried on in such […]

Filed Under: Church Leadership, Quotation Tagged With: Bible, Christian, Christianity, God, Religion and Spirituality, Tozer, Truth

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Some links to consider – 8/13/2014

Most of the stuff I read on the internet I get through RSS subscriptions and I scan through that list using Feedly. When I find an article or post that I like, I often will post links to that article on social media. I’m rethinking that strategy and will occasionally post a list of articles that speak to the issues that the church is facing, theological discussion or other topics that could be helpful to the readers of Attempts at Honesty. This is the first such post.

Non conformity

Conformity versus unity in the church

I have observed that in some cases when a pastor or church leader speaks about unity that what they mean is conformity. There is a big difference. Unity is motivated from the inside out, conformity is enforced from the outside.

Hymnal

Actual vs Aspirational

So while what we are singing may not describe what is actually true of us in the moment, it can be an accurate description of our desire. Our voice can express what is aspirational even though it may not be wholly or even partially true in the moment.

Unseen Reality

An unseen reality

When I see Jesus, it is less difficult to think that God really cares for me as an individual. When I see Jesus, the unseen reality begins to make itself almost tangible.

The temptation of anger in response to militant atheism

The temptation to respond in anger to militant atheism is strong. We should keep several Scriptural principles in mind when atheism strikes.

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