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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Encourage one another?

Posted on March 17, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

Sometimes we try to encourage someone and the encouragement we are trying to deliver feels like condemnation or worse to the one we encourage. I can think of three reasons why this may be the case.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: discouragement, encouragement, struggle, tribulation, trouble

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Golden Calf Idol

Confessions of a man-pleaser (idol worhipper)

I could blame it on the church of my youth . . . or, I could just face the fact that I am an idolater at heart and have made an idol out of the approval of others.

From a long way off

While driving (I get to do a lot of driving) I recently listened to a sermon by Alistair Begg concerning the Prodigal Son as recorded in Luke 15. This prompted some thoughts so I stopped to record them. The thoughts have to do with the reaction of the father toward the ssonb

Cancel culture in the church

I recently became aware of the term “cancel culture.” The term is new to me but the idea behind it is not. I have experienced this, and unfortunately, I usually have experienced this in the church.

Grace

5 Marks of a grace based church

In responding to the question, “how can you identify a grace based church?” I came up with 5 identifying marks of such a church. See if you agree with these and add your own in the comments section.

Speculation

Speculation in the Evangelical community

Paul warned Timothy about those who engage in speculation. Has the evangelical community been in violation of this warning?

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