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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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What the Church can learn from Penn State

Posted on November 12, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Something went horribly wrong at Penn State, that much is clear from all the dialog on the news and sports radio in the last week. The evidence points to the fact that evil was being perpetrated and nothing was done to stop it. If people were ignorant that something bad was happening, it seems as […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Compromise, Glory, mission

Life on the wheel – 5 reasons why your church calendar is out of control and what to do about it

Posted on November 4, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

A pastor friend recently referred to the sum of all the activities at his church as “the wheel.” Hearing him say this, a vision of a large hamster wheel came to mind. There often is a sense in a church body that things need to happen and that everyone needs to pitch in to keep […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Church Leadership Tagged With: busyness, mission

What I learned about the church from a cruise ship

Posted on October 8, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

I recently returned from a cruise to Bermuda from the Baltimore harbor. It was my first experience of being on the open ocean during the day where there is a 360° view of nothing but water and an occasional ship. To be on that ship in relatively calm weather, with the blue sea all around […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture, Church Leadership Tagged With: Church, mission

It Ain’t About the Numbers – 6 Thoughts Toward Staying on Track

Posted on May 5, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Numbers

I have found that in having an on-line presence, it is easy to get caught up in a numbers game. How many followers do I have? How may hits have there been on the blog? What is my blog ranking? In our connected world, we have what seems like an infinite supply of data at […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Blogging Tagged With: Blog, mission, Social Media

Great Packaging + Great Product = Integrity

Posted on April 21, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Question Mark

As consumers we know that beautiful packaging does not guarantee the quality of the product inside. The photo on the box often looks much better than the content. On the other hand, with the rise of store brands, we know that good stuff can be found in very plain packages. Visually stunning packaging is done […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Church, hypocrisy, mission, pharisee

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Shame on you . . .

This realization will displace shame wherever it is found. Like spiritual chemotherapy, the Gospel goes on a seek-and-destroy mission against shame.

For that I am grateful.

From God to Us

Book Review: From God to Us by Geisler and Nix

This post is a review of the book, From God to Us by Geisler and Nix. A work that should be on the shelves of any serious Bible student.

Peaceful

On the peaceful transfer of power

Presidential inaugurations have historically been peaceful transitions of power where the office transcends party politics and is honored by citizens regardless of their party affiliation. But yesterday there were violent protests against our newly minted president.

Glory

What is the source of your glory?

What would the church look like if all of us were more responsive to God and less concerned about what others think of us? Let’s be honest, we care about what other people think.

Dead end sign

Even in our bad choices

But what about the choices we make for ourselves? Does it not stand to reason that God also knows about them and has considered them in his plan? Of course it does.

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