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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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The softening of the Gospel

Posted on April 2, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Wax seal

Under the Gospel, our hearts experience the softening that allows for a proper understanding of the role of the law.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Biblical, Gospel, law, softening

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself

Posted on August 24, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Before you accuse me

I borrowed the title of this post from a song written by Bo Diddley and also recorded by Eric Clapton, but it seemed appropriate for my topic. In responding to the cultural climate, unfortunately large segments of the church fall prey to one of two errors. One extreme is to acquiesce to the culture and […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: accuse, law, point, Scripture

Does the church bring freedom or coercion?

Posted on February 27, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Handcuffs

The church is sometimes charged with using coercion to bring people into conformity with the Bible. Is this true? How should we respond?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: bondage, coercion, freedom, law, Sharia

The law of unintended consequences

Posted on September 15, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Airplane

The church is to be intentional in her quest to make disciples. But a wrongheaded emphasis on short term gains might lead to an unintended consequence.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: consequence, law

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Intentional

Intentional about Grace

The Church of Jesus Christ should be the most gracious place on the planet but often it is not. If we are not consistently preaching the Gospel, if we are not reinforcing our need for a savior, if we are not intentional about living under grace, then we will become what the world thinks we are.

Church Membership – A Response to Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler makes the claim that church membership is necessary for optimum growth of a believer. I provide a counter perspective in this blog post.

Saving Leonardo

Nancy Pearcy on the Logos

John’s Gospel begins, “In the beginning was the Logos.” A paragraph by Nancy Pearcey helps set this phrase in its cultural context.

Church Building

Ungodly means to a godly end?

If one or more of the leaders is using ungodly means to implement his vision, I struggle to see how the church could be healthy.

Heart of Stone

On the need for a heart transplant

Preaching that does not call the hearers to repentance will not affect the heart of the hearers. Real change requires a change of heart.

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