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Shaw on Civil and Religious Liberty

Posted on January 25, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Liberty

The civil government appears to be impelled by something like infatuation, and is introducing, or giving countenance to, measures that are darkly ominous to both civil and religious liberty, as if hastening onward to a crisis which all may shudder to contemplate.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: civil, disciple, government, liberty, Religion, religious

On corruption in government

Posted on May 20, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

A quote from Augustine stimulated some thoughts on how Christians should respond to government corruption and the willful deceit of the people.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Augustine, corruption, government, Politics

Church Membership – A Response to Matt Chandler

Posted on May 7, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 23 Comments

Matt Chandler makes the claim that church membership is necessary for optimum growth of a believer. I provide a counter perspective in this blog post.

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Church, government, pastor

A Celebration of Death? – Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden reminded me of a post originally published in February of this year. I have taken the text from that post and added additional comments below. February 2, 2011: As we toured the Colosseum  in Rome, the guide  described the events that were staged in that structure […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Colosseum, Death, government, Media, Violence

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Mind the Gap

The gap between my head and my heart

The problem is that I can maintain an intellectual understanding of Jesus’ teaching while I fail to live it out. I can easily rationalize the gap between what my head understands and what I choose to live out.

Justice

A longing for justice

This verse in Isaiah encourages me that at some point justice will be established. We will no longer experience terrorism, disease, or government corruption. We have a hope that rises higher than any flood of bad news that comes our way.

Accident

It won’t happen by accident

But if we are truly church leaders, we must diligently seek God as to how to be intentional about producing disciples that are producing disciples. It won’t happen by accident.

G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton on original sin

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.

Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey on the problem of pain

A quote taken from Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey speaks to those who are “smoldering with rage” at God for allowing pain and suffering in the world.

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