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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Rosaria Butterfield on Difficulty in Life

Posted on March 25, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Secret Life

A life outside of Christ is both hard and frightening; a life in Christ has hard edges and dark valleys, but it is purposeful even when painful.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: difficulty, hard, hardship, Life, pain, purpose

Thoughts on death prompted by my dog

Posted on February 4, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Sammy

I understand that the decline and death of a dog is not a major event in the larger scheme of things. But, our 10 year old golden retriever is having health issues and it is difficult to watch. Compared to the loss of a spouse, parent, sibling or child, this is a very small hurt, but a real one none-the-less.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Cross, Death, God, Jesus, Life, salvation

Kicked out for our own good

Posted on February 15, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Growing up, when I read in Genesis Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden, I always viewed this as a punitive action. I thought that our first parents were being punished for their sin. This morning, as I read this passage, I noticed that the goal in expelling them from the Garden was to […]

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Four Lessons From the Resurrection

The four lessons It is Easter Sunday 2011, the day which commemorates the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. I insert the adjective “bodily” to distinguish myself from those who would understand the resurrection story to be nothing more than a metaphor for renewal and hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:14, the Apostle Paul tells us that […]

The rejection of a made-up God

Too often, it is a caricature of Christianity that is rejected. I suspect that this is the case as I react to an article in the Huffington Post Religion section. This is a call to make an informed choice.

Crime

Christian on Christian crime

So rather than revel in (and gossip about) the failures of others, it seems that we should be honest about our own. We then might have an opportunity to point to Jesus as the one who accepts us as we are.

Ism’s that replace the Gospel

The lies that capture us as Christians usually seem to fit well within the borders of our Christianity. Perhaps postmodernism and sexual immorality are not the greatest threats to the church of Christ in our day. Perhaps we are in more danger from the subtle lies that flow from subtle shifts in how we understand the gospel. We have not forsaken the faith, but we may have redefined it in ways that are fundamentally different from the gospel laid out in Scripture.

Irony

Isn’t it ironic?

Perhaps I am the only one that finds President Obama’s recent statements in support of abortion to be ironic. See what you think.

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