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Christianity Boosts Education, Quality of Life in Asian Countries

Posted on July 25, 2014 Written by Sarah Brooks 1 Comment

This is a guest post by Sarah Brooks whose biographical information appears in the author box below this post. If you would like to provide a guest post to Attempts at Honesty, please see the guest post guidelines and contact me if you are interested in providing a post. Sarah Writes Although often considered a primarily […]

Filed Under: Guest Post Tagged With: Asia, Christianity, good

What is that to you? – A lesson from C. S. Lewis

Posted on July 16, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

The Weight of Glory

C. S. Lewis provides a question to help us to know our boundaries and learn when to rely on God to handle a difficult situation. That question is, “what is that to you?”

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, God, Lewis, Weight of Glory

Numbering our days: a reflection on Psalm 90

Posted on July 14, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Number our days

In Psalm 90, the psalmist prays that we might learn to number our days. Is this a call to get busy or is there some other meaning? How should we understand this prayer?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, God, hypocrisy, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus Christ, obedience, psalm

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

Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Bullies on the Bus and the Rest of Us

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

No Bullies

Rev. Heath published a piece in the Huffington Post which purports to give a Christian response to bullies. I have two points of challenge for Rev. Heath. One based on something she didn’t say and one based on something she did say.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Christian, Christianity, God, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, YouTube

What I look for in a church

Posted on July 6, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Church

As a result of the decision to leave my previous church, I determined that there are 6 things that are critical for the health of the church. They can be found in the original article which was published at Till He Comes, the blog of Jeremy Myers.

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, pastor

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Ed Stetzer, Jeremy Myers, Terry Jones and the Apostle Paul

On Saturday, I saw this Tweet from Ed Stetzer: I agree with Ed and apparently so do others since this was retweeted 100 times to date. I also appreciated Jeremy Myers’ response in his blog. This morning I read in Acts 17 where Paul proclaimed the Living God at the Areopagus in Athens. Perhaps Terry […]

Leading with repentance

Perhaps by avoiding the call to repentance, we are like the compassionate doctor who fails to tell his patient the truth about his condition out of fear of hurting his feelings.

Sister Marianne Cope

On the need for the intercession of saints

An article in the Huffington Post regarding the elevation of Marianne Cope prompted an examination of the need to pray to saints. What are we saying about the character of God when we teach that it is necessary to ask the saints to intercede on our behalf?

Rest Area

Working to get what we already have

The main point is that I don’t have to strive to achieve holiness; it is something that has already been granted to me. I don’t have to work to get holiness; I already have it by being in Christ. I had been working to get something that I already have.

The Storm Before The Calm: Why Utopias Fail

The Bible predicts that things will get worse before they get better hence the title The Storm Before the Calm. We should not be surprised at the increasing political, social and moral chaos. Yet in the end, we know that every knee will bow to Jesus Christ as we are reminded by the Apostle Paul.

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