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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

Paracites

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

Jonathan Edwards

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

Forgotten God

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

Church Sign

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

A. W. Tozer

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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WWJD?

I haven’t seen one in a while, but bracelets with the letters WWJD had some popularity at one time. The acronym stands for “what would Jesus do?” and was a reminder to follow Jesus in responding to a particular situation or question. I think that this is a worthy question to ask in any situation.

My problem is not with the theory behind the question, it is with the implementation. The problem lies in really understanding what Jesus would do.

God with us

A friend of mine who is a pastor sometimes says that he has no problem thinking that God has included him as part of the group plan, but he does have a hard time connecting with the thought that God has loved and included him as an individual. I can very much relate to this […]

No wicked scales

The broader issue is that God hates double standards. When we hold someone else to a higher standard than we are willing to obey, then we are violating this principle. This is what Jesus was talking about in the opening verses of Matthew chapter 7.

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Play nicely with your fellow citizens

Too often I have experienced situations, even in good churches, where people lose sight of the fact that the person in the next pew is a fellow citizen, with the same access to God.

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