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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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The scandal among us – Thoughts on Matthew 1

Posted on May 5, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Broken Hear

The genealogy in Matthew one includes those involved in scandal and immorality as being in the line of the Messiah. What can we learn from this?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Abraham, God, Jesu, Jesus Christ

The danger of relying on talent

Posted on April 22, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Staying on Track

King Jeroboam is an example of what happens when a man relies on his own talent rather than on the God who gave him the talent. The result is not pretty. We face the same choice today.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: God, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Solomon

On gadflies and prophets in the church

Posted on April 18, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

The prophets in Israel had the job of confronting the king to speak God’s word into his life. The “gadflies” in the church do the same. Leaders need to listen to them and not simply label them as troublemakers.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: David, Elijah, God, Jesus

Commission and commands – Priorities for the Church

Posted on April 12, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The Great Commission is the foundational text on which the mission of the church should be based. Or is it? Is there something else that needs to take priority? I think there is.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Evangelism, God, Gospel of Matthew, Great Commission, Jesus

Quality vs. quantity – thoughts on building the church

Posted on April 10, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Gold Bars

Churches can be so enamored with numerical growth that the focus is on quantity and quality suffers. Heed the warning of Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:10-15.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Church, God, Gospel of Matthew, Great Commission, Jesu, Jesus Christ

Faithfulness – The currency of God’s economy

Posted on March 31, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Cash Register

God has called us to faithfulness and to leave the results in his hands. King Saul provides an example of one who did not understand this.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, David, God, Samuel, Saul

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The same power

These words have bothered me. I agree that they are true, I agree that Jesus has demonstrated that power to us. But singing them brought up some questions in my mind.

Easter

Easter should blow our minds

But this is exactly what we celebrate at Easter. Jesus came back from being dead and caused a stir in Jerusalem one Sunday morning. This event should cause us to ask all sorts of questions if we are really connecting with what happened.

Gavel and law book

On discernment ministries

I recently read a post by a pastor who, with a broad brush, condemned all “discernment ministries” as being unloving and promoting disunity in the church. The concern is that such statements could be construed as saying that it is wrong to exercise discernment. Are we to take the position that anyone who claims his […]

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.

Forgetting what lies behind

So while we may not totally forget the failures of the past, we can live knowing that we are not stuck and those failures don’t define us.

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