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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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A reason for boasting

Posted on May 2, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

A reason for boasting

For the most part, I really don’t enjoy listening to postgame, on-field interviews of athletes. If the interviewee is on the winning side, too often the interview amounts to boasting about how he is faster, stronger or smarter than his opponent. We live in a day where self-promotion is encouraged and expected. This is an aspect […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: boast, boasting, justice, Love, Righteousness

Waiting . . .

Posted on April 22, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Justice

Recently, a news story broke that implicated many world leaders in hiding billions of dollars of money in off-shore corporations. In my country, trust in the government is at an all time low because many (most?) of them make decisions that line their own pockets regardless of the consequences. Our leaders have betrayed our trust […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: justice, wait, waiting

A longing for justice

Posted on April 9, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Isaiah, justice, longing, prayer, Scripture

Can we stop pointing fingers?

Posted on December 3, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Finger Pointing

God wants our hearts to reflect his heart. What would our world look like if they did? We would probably do less finger pointing and more work to bring healing and reconciliation.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: finger pointing, heart, justice, race, racial

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Think Christianly

Jonathon Morrow on Christianity and Culture

“I deeply believe that to become who God calls us to be, we must move in our thinking from isolation to integration. Christianity, if true, requires this.” Read more of this quotation . . .

A doxology in darkness

To be grateful for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of God in the face of the marvels, cruel circumstances, obscenities, and commonplaces of life is to whisper a doxology in darkness. -Brennan Manning

You have left your first love

If we love the one who gives the perfect example of unapologetically standing for the truth of Scripture while at the same time demonstrating love for those he encountered, then we will constantly seek to follow his example and “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15)

Book Review: The Heart of the Story by Randy Frazee

I was given an opportunity to obtain a review copy of The Heart of the Story, by Randy Frazee. The title and description of the book interested me so I took advantage of the offer. The author nearly lost me right from the get-go when he tried to provide perspective on how large the universe […]

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4 Reasons Why I Dropped Disqus Comment System From My Blog

After about 3 minutes of internet research on the subject, I decided to no longer use the Disqus comment system on this blog. I had no serious problems with Disqus. The service was free and it worked well. Yet, I found some reasons to turn off Disqus and I think they are strong enough to […]

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