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They’re still clueless

Posted on December 31, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Clueless

It turns out that those popular kids in High School really were as clueless as me; they were just better at hiding it. Now the popular kids are elected officials and still clueless. I came upon this thought as I wondered why the decisions made by our government representatives seem to be getting less rational. […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: atheism, Christianity, God, Jesus, kingdom, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

Church the way it used to be?

Posted on December 16, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Abandoned Church

An advertisement for “Church the way it used to be . . . ” got me to thinking. I share my thoughts in this post.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, Sunday

Abandoned by God – 1 Samuel 15:35

Posted on November 30, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

1 Samuel 15:35 (ESV) 35 And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. Saul had abandoned God and as a result, God abandons Saul. Someone once said that we have two options which […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: English Standard Version, God, Israel, Jesus, Lord, Samuel, Saul

The Low Whisper

Posted on November 22, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

God is not a bully who badgers people into submission to his will. He is a gentleman who patiently woos the object of his love. He speaks in a gentle and quiet whisper, drawing people to himself.

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Death is Dead

Posted on November 9, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

No Death

Deuteronomy 14:1b-2 You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Death, Fear, God, Israel, Jesus, Lord

God is My Fortress

Posted on September 2, 2010 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Fortress

Psalm 59:16b (ESV) For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. Matthew 10:28 (ESV) 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. In reading Psalm 59 this […]

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Living Water or Broken Cisterns – A Choice for Western Society

Nature abhors a vacuum is a proverb that came to me as I contemplated Jeremiah 2:12–13 recently: 12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, […]

London Fog

An Easter Meditation inspired by Counting Crows

Our culture has thrown off the bonds of religion in an effort to find freedom. We have broken through the walls of tradition and cultural restraint to find new sources to satisfy our soul hunger. Yet, it seems that many are not finding that satisfaction. Consider this snippet of lyrics from the song “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows . . .

Judge

Judging the judge: You cannot have it both ways

We complain when God steps in to eliminate evil. We complain when he allows evil. We try to judge the judge, but we cannot have it both ways.

I don’t have the chutzpah to pick up the first stone

I have heard it said that chutzpah is illustrated by the man who kills his mother and father and then pleads to the judge to let him off because he is an orphan. In other words, chutzpa is that behavior that knows no self limitation. This evening a friend sent me a link to a […]

Can’t go back to Egypt

When we are faced with difficulty or uncertainty in our current situation, we can wish that we could go back to some other time and place that seemed like Paradise compared to what we currently face. Like the Israelites, we can forget about the discontent, stress and other annoyances that caused to move on.

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