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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Don’t look to Egypt for help

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

Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Over the years that I have been […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, Egypt, God, Good News, Gospel, Israel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, message

Machen on the Emergent Church

Posted on April 3, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

A book by J Gresham Machen found at a thrift store provides some insight into the Emergent Church movement. A quotation from the book and some additional commentary are provided.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ

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Before you speak

We have all said things which cause us to wish for a rewind button. My hope in sharing these questions is that by applying them consistently we might increase the time between statements that we later regret.

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.

Not dismayed by the cycle

The point is that all the striving, all the effort, all the marketing plans, and methodologies for church growth cannot change a single heart. Only God can do this.

Beware the Leaven

Formalism on the one hand, and rationalism on the other, which are but other names for the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, have in every age been the Church’s insidious enemies.

Faith and Unbelief

Unbelief and its consequences

In Numbers 20, we have a story of how Moses was denied access to the promised land because he acted in unbelief. What can we learn from this story?

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