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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Francis Chan on the Holy Spirit

Posted on November 27, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I would like to share the following quotation from Forgotten God, by Francis Chan: “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn’t be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that […]

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Tozer on the Presence of God

Posted on October 31, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

This is a quote from How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit, by A. W. Tozer. “[T]here is an unseen Deity present, a knowing, feeling Personality, and He is indivisible from the Father and the Son, so that if you were to be suddenly transferred to heaven itself you wouldn’t be any closer to God […]

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On the Kindness of God

In the same way, we need to present God as the loving father who is waiting for all of us to turn to him. But our turning to him is initiated by our repentance. With proper understanding of the kindness and the holiness of God, repentance is the only reasonable response.

On being grateful

A few days ago, I saw a meme in LinkedIn with some comments by the actor Jakie Chan about gratitude. That quote is shown at right in this post. It is so easy to be frustrated about what we don’t have. It is also so easy to be jealous of someone who has something that […]

400

400 is Really Old

The KJV, which turns 400 this year, has been used by God to transform millions of lives. This is a noteworthy accomplishment and should be celebrated.

To death and beyond . . .

Perhaps it is only my warped sense of humor, but this strikes me as funny. The Pharisees preferred Lazarus dead rather than have him there to challenge their beliefs. The Pharisees, who thought themselves a light to the nation, could not tolerate the presence of one whose very existence was a critique of their life and practice.

DNC

The night God was booed

At the DNC, it was announced that the word God was added back to the party platform. The change was booed by the delegates. How should we respond?

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