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Even the King

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

King

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

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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 […]

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The scandal among us – Thoughts on Matthew 1

The genealogy in Matthew one includes those involved in scandal and immorality as being in the line of the Messiah. What can we learn from this?

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N. T. Wright on Intellectual Totalitarianism

“The intellectual coup d’état by which the Enlightenment convinced so many that ‘we now know that dead people don’t rise,’ as though this was a modern discovery rather than simply the reaffirmation of what Homer and Aeschylus had taken for granted, goes hand in hand with the Enlightenment’s other proposals, not least that we have […]

Cowardice masquerading as Grace

I have recently begun to understand that there have been times in my life when I pretended that I was displaying grace, but it was not grace. It was cowardice masquerading as grace. There are times when the lone, contrary voice needed to be heard and mine was silent. There are times when it would […]

How to Help People with a Substance Abuse Problem through the Bible

This is a quest post by Patrick Bailey. If you would like to contribute a post to Attempts at Honesty, please read the guest post guidelines and get in contact with me if you feel that you can work within those guidelines to submit a post. Note that there is a link in this post […]

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