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How many persons are in the one God?

October 27, 2016 by Mark McIntyre
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.

Categories Discipleship Tags God, persons, three, trinity Leave a comment

Herod vs. God

August 7, 2019October 8, 2015 by Mark McIntyre
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.

Categories Bible Reflection Tags fight, God, Herod Leave a comment

Barnhouse on the Love of God

October 26, 2015July 27, 2015 by Mark McIntyre

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.

Categories Quotation Tags Barnhouse, God, Love, Satan 1 Comment

Roy Abraham Varghese on the “New Atheism”

September 13, 2014 by Mark McIntyre

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, … Read more

Categories Quotation Tags atheism, atheist, Flew, God 1 Comment

My god is too small

February 1, 2014 by Mark McIntyre

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.

Categories Bible Reflection Tags believe, God, prayer, small 4 Comments

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

November 19, 2012July 16, 2012 by Mark McIntyre
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?”

Categories Bible Reflection Tags Christianity, God, Lewis, Weight of Glory 1 Comment

Numbering our days: a reflection on Psalm 90

August 14, 2012July 14, 2012 by Mark McIntyre
Number our days

In Psalm 90, the psalmist prays that we might learn to number our days. Is this a call to get busy or is there some other meaning? How should we understand this prayer?

Categories Bible Reflection Tags Christianity, God, hypocrisy, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus Christ, obedience, psalm 1 Comment

You reap what you sow – values and the criminal element

July 21, 2012July 12, 2012 by Mark McIntyre
Apple with worm hole

A Chicago politician appeals to the values of gang members in his city in response to the accidental shooting of a 7 year old girl. Why? On what basis would this appeal be effective?

Categories Bible Reflection Tags crime, God 1 Comment
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