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William Barclay on the Dreams of Men

Posted on March 5, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

But if ever men’s dreams of peace and loveliness, and greatness and satisfaction, are to be realized, they can find their realization only in Jesus Christ.

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Crowds and compassion

Posted on July 24, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Crowd

While we might view a crowd as an inconvenience, Jesus viewed the crowd as an opportunity to meet their physical and spiritual needs. There is much we can learn from Jesus’ feeding of the 4,000 as recorded in Mark 8.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, crowd, Jesus Christ

Numbering our days: a reflection on Psalm 90

Posted on July 14, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

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?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, God, hypocrisy, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus Christ, obedience, psalm

What you build and how you build it matters to God

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Build Stone Wall

With 60% of young people walking away from the church, we must evaluate the foundation on which we build and how well we build upon it. The eternal destiny of the next generation is at stake and we cannot afford to continue with such a high failure rate. We must do better.

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Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Bullies on the Bus and the Rest of Us

Posted on July 8, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

No Bullies

Rev. Heath published a piece in the Huffington Post which purports to give a Christian response to bullies. I have two points of challenge for Rev. Heath. One based on something she didn’t say and one based on something she did say.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Christian, Christianity, God, Gospel, Jesus, Jesus Christ, YouTube

Social media and the need for validation

Posted on July 2, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Twitter Follow Me Bird

I read a where a social media guru recently said something to the effect of, “there are two types of people involved in social media, those who want more followers and those who are lying about it.” With the advent of social media, there is a danger in finding our validation in follower counts. Where should our validation come from?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Social Media Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, Religion and Spirituality, Social Media

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Confessing the Faith

Van Dixhoorn on the Ministry of the Word

In studying for a class on the Westminster Confession of Faith, it was recommended to me that I get a copy of Chad Van Dixhoorn’s commentary on the confession, entitled Confessing the Faith. I began by reading the commentary on Chapter 14 of the confession (since this is the beginning of the session that we will […]

Culture Wars

Toward a response to the moral chaos that surrounds us

The recent flap over Dan Cathy’s comments in support of marriage highlights the church’s need to respond to the moral chaos around us. This post provides some things to consider as we respond.

Love and Fear

The truth is that I am not strong enough. And it is not my ability to love that will cast out fear. It is a right understanding of who God is and how much he loves me that will take away my fear.

A Quest for More

David Henderson on the self

Because God no longer occupies center stage, terms like self-love, self-expression, self-confidence, and delf-fulfillment, none of which graces the pages fo the Scriptures, begin to dominate the church’s conversation. Meanwhile other “self” words straight from the Bible like self-surrender, self-sacrifice, self-denial, and self-control slip into disuse.

Action

Assent versus Action

For now, I will continue to have a gap between my assent and my action, but it will not always be so.

One day, Jesus will return or I will go to meet him and all will be put to right. The gap will be eliminated. Assent and action will be simultaneous.

What a relief that will be.

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