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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Even the King

Posted on March 21, 2018 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I am encouraged by the hopeful expectation expressed by David. David expects that deliverance will come, it is only a question of when.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: deliverance, hope, king

Resurrection People

Posted on April 20, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The way Christians live should give evidence of the truth of Easter. The way Christians live should also give people a foretaste of what life will be like when Jesus comes back to make everything right.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Death, hope, resurrection

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Prayer

Prayer, in many ways, is the supreme expression of our faith in God and our faith and confidence in the promises of God.

Thoughts on the third commandment

The third of the Ten Commandments says this: “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7 (ESV) Growing up, this commandment was considered satisfied as long as a person didn’t use the words, “God,” […]

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What is the gospel?

As I thought about this, I thought that I should use my Bible software to do a search of the word gospel in the New Testament to see how the gospel is described. Here is a list of things that I learned about the gospel from looking over the list along with a reference to where I found it. The list is not exhaustive; some of these appear in multiple places and I only list the reference to the first mention.

Responding to doctrinal weeds (some thoughts on discernment)

I recently was asked about how to respond to a spouse who is enthralled by some false teachers. The points I gave for consideration are these: The Bereans were praised (Acts 17:11) for checking to see if what Paul was teaching is true to Scripture, so it is clearly not wrong to determine if a […]

Your Story Context

Context, back-story and knowing God

A hip hop lyric illustrates the need for context in relationships. This is as true of our relationship with God as it is in human relationships.

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