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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.

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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.

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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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On the pursuit of relevance

So while I think there is nothing inherently wrong with wailing guitar solos and smoke machines as part of the worship experience, perhaps we should pump the brakes on the drive to make worship like a rock concert and the sermon like a motivational seminar.

Worship in the midst of trials

Our honesty about where we are and what concerns us is an act of worship of the highest value to God. It may not be pretty, it may be really raw or rough around the edges, but God loves for his children to seek Him in the hard times.

Don’t play the Korah card

I have been in a couple of situations where concerns were brought to a pastor who then likened the one who brought the concern to Korah attacking Moses. While I understand the temptation for a leader to deal with a complaint in this way, that temptation must be resisted. Not only is it inappropriate, it does nothing to fix the situation (unless of course the leader’s goal is to eliminate any other opinion than his own).

Street signs pointing to right way and wrong way

There is a way that seems right to a man

These verses should also inform us that because of our inclination to go wrong, a healthy dose of self-doubt regarding our ability to understand and apply the Bible is advisable. Our first parents displayed the ability to distort what God said and if we are honest, we will admit that we share this with them. It is our nature to hear what we want to hear and avoid the rest.

Forensic Faith

Forensic Faith – A new book from J. Warner Wallace

If you are at all interested in learning to present the claims of Christ to others, this is a book that would be worth reading. Wallace’s writing style is engaging and he presents concepts clearly. I also like that whenever he uses a technical term, he includes a side bar explaining the term.

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