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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Speculation in the Evangelical community

Posted on April 19, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Speculation

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

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, genealogy, Gospel, myth, sepculation

A lesson learned from a genealogy

Posted on October 5, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Genalogy Tree

When reading Matthew 1, it is tempting to skip over the list of names in the genealogy. A lesson was learned as I recently read this chapter.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Choice, disobedience, genealogy, obedience, reward

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Along the right paths

One of the advantages of reading a different version of the Bible, one that you are not familiar with, is that a different reading can trigger an insight that you never saw before. This happened to me this morning as I read Psalm 23 in the Christian Standard Bible. In that translation the verse 3 […]

Great Evangelical Recession

The Evangel in Evangelism

The problem is that it is much easier to assess quantity and more difficult to assess quality. But the difficulty does not relieve us of the responsibility to have this priority.

One Another

One Another

If we did a better job of “one anothering” those outside the church, perhaps those on the outside would see less of our failures and more of Jesus.

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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 […]

Trust

And he marveled at their unbelief

Mark 6 records the events when Jesus returned to his hometown of Nazareth. The townspeople were not quick to recognize the significance of what Jesus was doing. In fact, Mark records that Jesus “could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.” Jesus’ response […]

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