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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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God’s Crime Scene – Book Endorsement

Posted on October 11, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

God's Crime Scene

God’s Crime Scene is a book that I know I will re-read and refer to as part of my apologetics library. If you have any interest at all in knowing where the evidence point with regard to the beginning of the universe, I strongly recommend that you pick up a copy of this book.

Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: beginning, creator, crime, scene, universe

You reap what you sow – values and the criminal element

Posted on July 12, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Apple with worm hole

A Chicago politician appeals to the values of gang members in his city in response to the accidental shooting of a 7 year old girl. Why? On what basis would this appeal be effective?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: crime, God

What CSI Tells Us About Our Desire for Truth

Posted on September 10, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

CSI

I recently read a post by Jill Carattini of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. In the post she discusses the reason for the popularity of forensic criminal science dramas on television such as CSI, NCIS and Bones. The shows center around the desire to find out what really happened to the victim and to bring the […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: crime, murder, Truth

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A Pattern for Discipleship

Ezra 7:10 (ESV) “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” I like when things can be simplified. Why make things more complicated than they need to be? As a result, when I read this verse, I […]

KP on Suffering

K. P. Yohannan on willingness to suffer

K. P. Yohannan offers a challenge to us about being willing to suffer for the cause of Jesus Christ. A short post containing a quotation from “Against the Wind.”

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How does Christ fill the office of a king?

Question 26 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks, “How does Christ fill the office of a king?“ The answer given is, “Christ fills the office of a king in making us his willing subjects, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.” The first thought inspired by this […]

A Follow-up Prayer

That is what I need today; to be left with wanting only Jesus . . .

Question 18

What is sinful about man’s fallen condition?

Malcolm Muggeridge has written, “The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.” One does not have to work very hard to find evidence that something is very broken in the world. If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that there is something very broken inside of us.

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