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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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What you build and how you build it matters to God

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Build Stone Wall

With 60% of young people walking away from the church, we must evaluate the foundation on which we build and how well we build upon it. The eternal destiny of the next generation is at stake and we cannot afford to continue with such a high failure rate. We must do better.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: build, Christ, Christianity, Church, discontent, Foundation, God, gold, hay, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, precious stones, silver, straw, stubble, wood

No Running

Posted on March 6, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

No Running

The command, “no running” can be inferred from the places where we are told to stand firm. Our job is to stand in spite of difficulties and fear.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Foundation, stand firm

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Simone Weil on Affliction

Simone Weil on Affliction

It is sometimes easy to deliver an unhappy man from his present distress, but it is difficult to set him free from his past affliction . . .

Question 14

What is sin?

It seems to me that even those who would not acknowledge the idea of sin still have feelings that they should be better than they are. Almost any sentence that begins with the words, “I ought . . .” would give evidence in support of this assertion.

Fail

Built to fail

The church is not an organization that is built to eventually fail. In fact, when Jesus gave us our mission of making disciples, he also told us that he would be with us as we do it. Jesus began it, Jesus sustains it, and Jesus will complete what he started.

Church Wound

Church wounds run deep

Recently I received an invitation from a missionary friend to a meeting to share the results from a recent trip. The event will be hosted by a church we previously attended. While I would like to support my friend, I am not welcome to attend any event at that church. I had to decline the invitation because of where it is […]

A Tale of Two Cities

A tale of two cities

In one city Jesus did no miracle other than tell a woman about her past. In the other cities Jesus delivered a demon possessed man in a spectacular manner. It is interesting to note that where Jesus did no miracle, he was received and the people believed. In the other they could not wait to get Jesus to leave them alone.

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