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On the need for a prophetic voice

Posted on June 29, 2017 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: pastor, prophetic, Scripture, voice

Church wounds run deep

Posted on September 19, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Church Wound

Recently I received an invitation from a missionary friend to a meeting to share the results from a recent trip. The event will be hosted by a church we previously attended. While I would like to support my friend, I am not welcome to attend any event at that church. I had to decline the invitation because of where it is […]

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Church, Leader, leadership, pastor, wound

A warning to teachers

Posted on April 29, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

A warning to teachers

Teachers must have a healthy distrust of his own heart and an openness before God to allow correction in his own life. Teachers must allow the prophetic voice in their own lives before they can be that voice to others.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: pastor, teacher, teachers, warning

On megachurch pastors and failure

Posted on August 12, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Mars Hill Church

The problem I see in society is that we have a celebrity culture which ascribes superhuman status to the lucky (or unlucky depending on your perspective) few who have been deemed celebrities. Celebrities can do no wrong and they always seem to get the benefit of the doubt.

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Church, failure, leadership, megachurch, pastor

Whose church is it anyway?

Posted on November 26, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Church

Jesus’ statement, “upon this rock I will build my church,” was a declaration of ownership. In this post, I catalog five implications of this truth.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: build, Church, Church Growth, pastor

The LORD and the LORD alone is my shepherd

Posted on July 26, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

Human leaders will fail us, no matter how good their intentions. Psalm 23 reminds us that God alone is the shepherd that will care for us no matter what.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: church leader, Lord, pastor, shepherd

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Shaw on Civil and Religious Liberty

The civil government appears to be impelled by something like infatuation, and is introducing, or giving countenance to, measures that are darkly ominous to both civil and religious liberty, as if hastening onward to a crisis which all may shudder to contemplate.

Unrighteous Indignation

I am reminded of James 1:20 which tells me that my anger does not produce the righteousness of God. What prompts the mention of this verse is that I found myself a couple of times this week regretting some comments I made on articles and blog posts. My issue is not so much what I […]

Please God alone

My greatest struggle in being part of the church has been when leaders possessed a certitude about how things should be done that borders on presumption. If I have learned one thing about humanity, it is that we are all inherently flawed. I have ample evidence in myself and others of the depravity of man. We are broken and that brokenness affects everything that we touch. As a result, we should have a healthy distrust of ourselves and a confidence in God alone.

To death and beyond . . .

Perhaps it is only my warped sense of humor, but this strikes me as funny. The Pharisees preferred Lazarus dead rather than have him there to challenge their beliefs. The Pharisees, who thought themselves a light to the nation, could not tolerate the presence of one whose very existence was a critique of their life and practice.

Ring of Truth

It has the ring of truth . . .

One of the things I enjoy about reading the Bible is how real the characters are. With the exception of Daniel and Jesus, we read stories of men and women who were seriously flawed but were used by God to bring about his will for humanity.

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