Skipping the embarrassing parts . . .

Posted on November 30, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I’m learning to be increasingly comfortable with the embarrassing bits of Scripture because they teach me a lesson that I struggle to hear, that of grace.

Abusive Churches

Some thoughts on abusive churches prompted by an article by Pat Zukeran of the same title.

This verse in Isaiah encourages me that at some point justice will be established. We will no longer experience terrorism, disease, or government corruption. We have a hope that rises higher than any flood of bad news that comes our way.

Yancey’s Three Questions

Yet behind the three questions stands a person who claims to have the explanation and the answer to these questions.

Living Water or Broken Cisterns – A Choice for Western Society

Nature abhors a vacuum is a proverb that came to me as I contemplated Jeremiah 2:12–13 recently: 12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, […]

Gutenberg, Google and the Church

Gutenberg could not have imagined the speed of communication today. The church has the opportunity to use this speed to proclaim the Gospel.

Don’t look to Egypt for help

Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Over the years that I have been […]