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How many persons are in the one God?

Posted on October 27, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Six

The importance of a proper understanding of the trinity is highlighted when we think of love as a characteristic of God. Love implies an other to love. God did not create humanity because without us, he would not have been able to demonstrate love.

Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: God, persons, three, trinity

Herod vs. God

Posted on October 8, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Boxing Gloves

Herod sought to eliminate a threat to his power, but that threat represented God’s plan for the salvation of humanity, a plan that God would not allow to fail.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: fight, God, Herod

Barnhouse on the Love of God

Posted on July 27, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Barnhouse Romans Commentary

But we must not be confused into thinking that God is love apart from any other attribute. In fact, if you say that God is love without realizing that God is hate of sin, you have no gospel at all because you do not have God.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Barnhouse, God, Love, Satan

Roy Abraham Varghese on the “New Atheism”

Posted on September 13, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

There is a God

At the foundation of the “new atheism” is the belief that there is no God, no eternal and infinite Source of all that exists. This is the key belief that needs to be established in order for most of the other arguments to work. Int is my contention here that the “new atheists,” Richard Dawkins, […]

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: atheism, atheist, Flew, God

My god is too small

Posted on February 1, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

My problem is a belief problem. What I truly believe is indicated by my actions and when I observe my behavior, I must confess that my god is too small.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: believe, God, prayer, small

What is that to you? – A lesson from C. S. Lewis

Posted on July 16, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

The Weight of Glory

C. S. Lewis provides a question to help us to know our boundaries and learn when to rely on God to handle a difficult situation. That question is, “what is that to you?”

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, God, Lewis, Weight of Glory

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Whence the lack of peace?

Peace is the one thing that is lacking in many churches today. Perhaps it is because it is one thing that is lacking in many believers today. Or, perhaps, I am projecting this on others because of a lack of peace in my own life.

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Moses as Leader – Do the right thing even when it’s not appreciated

Looking at Moses as Leader, it is clear that Moses did the right thing for his people. What is the application for leaders today?

Five ways to imitate God

Theologians categorize the attributes of God into two categories. The categories are communicable and incommunicable. Communicable attributes are those which God has passed on to humans. These are the ways we demonstrate that we are made in Gods image. This morning, I read this verse in Psalm 86: “But you, O Lord, are a God […]

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The softening of the Gospel

Under the Gospel, our hearts experience the softening that allows for a proper understanding of the role of the law.

Easter

An Easter Meditation for 2016

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.

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