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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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An Easter Meditation for 2016

Posted on March 27, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Easter

If ever I felt the need to appreciate and appropriate the meaning and the power of The Resurrection, it is today. I thought that perhaps you would also benefit from this meditation as we consider the empty tomb.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Easter, resurrection, tomb

How to keep Chreasters coming back

Posted on April 8, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Chreaster

How should the church respond to Chreasters, those who attend on Christmas and Easter? Is there anything we can do to keep them coming? I think there is and it isn’t very complicated.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Chreaster, Christmas, Church, Easter, Jesus

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Surprised by Hope

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 […]

No difference

My point is that Jesus, who knew the eventual outcome, did not treat Judas any differently than the rest of the disciples. His treatment of Judas was such that no-one suspected that there was a traitor in their midst.

Two Years

After two whole years . . .

Do you think that Joseph struggled with self pity during that time? Do you think that he questioned himself and his God while lingering in prison? Do you think that Joseph whined to God occasionally? Joseph had gone from favorite son to prisoner through no fault of his own.

Name Label

When labels are (mis)applied in the church

Church leaders should resist the temptation to categorize and apply labels to the people they lead. This labeling is misguided and destructive.

Relevant

On the pursuit of relevance

So while I think there is nothing inherently wrong with wailing guitar solos and smoke machines as part of the worship experience, perhaps we should pump the brakes on the drive to make worship like a rock concert and the sermon like a motivational seminar.

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