Even the King

Posted on March 21, 2018 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I am encouraged by the hopeful expectation expressed by David. David expects that deliverance will come, it is only a question of when.

Stumbling blocks: how we live matters more than our words

Parents and church leaders, the best thing we can do for the next generation is to renounce our selfishness and come to meet Jesus at the Cross in humility and submission. We need to confess where we have compromised and seek to recover the ground that was lost. We want to hear the words of Matthew 25:21, “well done good and faithful slave.” We need to live lives that point to the reality of the Gospel.

Church the way it used to be?

An advertisement for “Church the way it used to be . . . ” got me to thinking. I share my thoughts in this post.

Ladd on the cares of this age

. . . it is the character of This Age to choke the working of the Word of God. The spirit of the Age is hostile to the Gospel.

What we need versus what we want

The curious thing about this familiar Sunday School story is that when the man was let down from the roof so that Jesus could heal him, Jesus does not directly address his paralysis. Jesus spoke to the man about his sin.

A Confession of Failure

I have been an elder or leader in several different churches through the years. I have noticed some common areas where I have experienced failure in that leadership setting. We failed in three key areas which were apparent in how we organized our meetings. First, we failed to seek God in fervent prayer to lead […]

What did God’s providence do for man whom He created?

Upon his return, before the son could even propose the terms of the revised relationship, the Father embraces the son. The Father’s love was not conditioned upon anything that the son had to say. The embrace said everything about the relationship.