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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

Paul Tripp on Ends and Means

Posted on March 25, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Dangerous Calling

Looking back on some of my church experiences, I suspect that I have been in more than one church where the pastor confused ministry ends and means as Paul Tripp describes above.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: calling, ends, Love, means

A Christmas Thought for 2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas

Jesus loved well and turned the world upside down.

May we, the church universal, do the same. May this Christmas be a time of rediscovery of how much we are loved and a discovery of how we can better love others.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christmas, Love

Self inflicted wounds

Posted on September 16, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Self-inflicted wound

When those outside the church criticize our lack of love and hypocrisy, we respond as if we are being persecuted. But much of the perceived “persecution” is self-inflicted. We are rightly condemned by the culture around us when we fail to represent Jesus well.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: hypocrisy, Love, persecution, wounds

Barnhouse on the Love of God

Posted on July 27, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Barnhouse Romans Commentary

But we must not be confused into thinking that God is love apart from any other attribute. In fact, if you say that God is love without realizing that God is hate of sin, you have no gospel at all because you do not have God.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Barnhouse, God, Love, Satan

Love, duty and honor

Posted on December 21, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Love, duty, honor

When a pump tries to put out more water than it takes in, it experiences a condition called cavitation. The end result is that the internal turbulence caused by the cavitation tears up the pump and eventually renders the pump useless. The pump only works well when it takes in as much as it tries […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: duty, honor, Love

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Drawing of an angry man

No room for rancor in the church

Rather than getting all worked up about your Christian brother who has a different idea about what the government should or should not be doing, why not offer to pray with him.

Sears Tower

What massive stones?

So whether it is a seemingly indestructible temple that falls or a seemingly perennial institution like Sears or a beautiful old church that goes away, we don’t have to have our confidence shaken.

Blue Spruce Seedling

Growth in trees or believers

The Observation I walked through our yard yesterday to check out the 25 Colorado Blue Spruce trees I planted a few weeks ago. They were bare root seedlings similar to what is shown in the picture to the left. I was looking at the trees to see if I could observe any growth. Bare root […]

Prophetic Voice

On the need for a prophetic voice

The bottom line is that I need a prophetic voice in my life. So, I guess I’m OK with my pastor making me feel uncomfortable. Perhaps in this I am in a minority.

Easter

Easter should blow our minds

But this is exactly what we celebrate at Easter. Jesus came back from being dead and caused a stir in Jerusalem one Sunday morning. This event should cause us to ask all sorts of questions if we are really connecting with what happened.

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