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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Leanness in their soul

Posted on July 8, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The phrase “leanness into their soul” stood out to me because it seems an appropriate description of the society I see around me. In America, we have more prosperity and less leisure time with which to enjoy it. We have more channels with less worth watching. We have more methods of communication and seemingly less to say.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Cross, leanness, prosperity

Love and the Cross

Posted on July 4, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

“Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace of Christ has the power to produce that love” – Paul David Tripp Tripp goes on to point out that death of self is a prerequisite to fulling loving Christ. Jesus […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Cross, Love

Foolish and slow of heart

Posted on March 22, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Perhaps my reader cannot relate to this, but I often feel that I am foolish and slow of heart to believe. In fact, I know that I am. Like those travelers to Emmaus, I can feel that God’s plan has been derailed and I can often think that I am the villain that derailed it. It is sometimes difficult to look past my failures to see God.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Cross, crucifixion, foolish, heart, Jesus, plan, slow

John Stott on Jesus’ Hour

Posted on April 15, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The Cross of Christ

Jesus referred to an “hour” that was coming in his life and ministry. John Stott writes about what Jesus meant by this.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christ, Cross, Gospel, hour, Jesus, Stott

Miles Stanford on Christian maturity

Posted on March 4, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Miles Stanford

Miles Stanford quote concerning Christian maturity. Maturity comes through the work of the Cross.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christian, Cross, maturity, Stanford

Miles Stanford on self denial

Posted on February 4, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Miles Stanford

Miles Stanford comments on those who seem spiritually mature but are really wrapped up in self.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Cross, crucifixion, Miles Stanford, self

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Herod vs. God

Herod sought to eliminate a threat to his power, but that threat represented God’s plan for the salvation of humanity, a plan that God would not allow to fail.

A doxology in darkness

To be grateful for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of God in the face of the marvels, cruel circumstances, obscenities, and commonplaces of life is to whisper a doxology in darkness. -Brennan Manning

Whack-a-mole

Truth Whack-A-Mole – Follow-up to a comment

A question was raised in a comment on a previous post called Truth Whack-A-Mole. This post is in response to the comment.

Dangerous Calling

Paul Tripp on Ends and Means

Looking back on some of my church experiences, I suspect that I have been in more than one church where the pastor confused ministry ends and means as Paul Tripp describes above.

Justice and Mercy

Where mercy and justice meet

God does not have to reconcile his justice with his mercy because there was a plan in place from eternity to provide a means of reconciliation that is both perfectly merciful and perfectly just. It is the Cross of Christ that makes this possible. It is at the Cross of Jesus Christ that justice and mercy meet and neither is compromised.

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