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Muggeridge on modern money-changers

Posted on May 30, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Christ and the Media

Somehow it gave me an extraordinarily vivid sense of what it must have been like all those years ago in the Temple at Jerusalem, when the money-changers were chased out, and their tables overturned.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Media, money, money changer, Mother Teresa, Muggeridge

A Celebration of Death? – Response to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden reminded me of a post originally published in February of this year. I have taken the text from that post and added additional comments below. February 2, 2011: As we toured the Colosseum  in Rome, the guide  described the events that were staged in that structure […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Colosseum, Death, government, Media, Violence

Advice from Hollywood

Posted on January 17, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Yesterday I read Psalm 1:1. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.” (ESV) Growing up, I was taught that this verse is speaking about choosing friends and situations to avoid: those who are wicked, those […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian, Discernment, God, Jesus, Media, Paul, psalm

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Judging the judge: You cannot have it both ways

We complain when God steps in to eliminate evil. We complain when he allows evil. We try to judge the judge, but we cannot have it both ways.

The blessing of being poor (in spirit) – Matthew 5:3

Matthew 5:3 reads: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (NASB) One must assume that Jesus knew what he was doing when he put this Beatitude first in the list. Blessed are the poor in Spirit. Luke’s record shortens this saying to simply, “blessed are you who are poor” […]

Edwards on the true work of God

When I attend church on Sunday, I should leave the worship service more focused on God, who is to be the tangible subject of the preaching, rather than being impressed with the skill of the preacher and how he held my attention.

On viruses and great support

A little while ago, I got a tweet in response to one of my posts, letting me know that a reader’s protection software identified Attempts at Honesty as being infected with a virus. In checking on this, it was found to be true. Thanks to the excellent support of Nate at Davis Services Group, we […]

Labor Day

Summer is over already?

Traditionally, in the USA, Labor Day (the first Monday in September) marks the end of the summer vacation season. It is also the time when students go back to school and in this blogger get back to blogging. We marked some significant events this summer. We gained two sons-in-law this summer. In August, we had […]

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