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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Rethinking Church

Posted on September 5, 2020 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I wonder if the money spent on the large venue is the best use of the resources provided to the church. Not only do you have the expense of building the large venue, there is also a large increase of the maintenance and operating budgets to support the building.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: breaking of bread, fellowship, large, prayer, teaching

Keller on prayer and Scripture

Posted on May 9, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Keller on Prayer

In his book on prayer, Tim Keller writes this about the importance of having Scripture as the foundation of our prayer life: “Without immersion in God’s words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality. We may be responding not to the real God but to what we wish […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Keller, prayer

Give God no rest

Posted on April 27, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Give God no rest

God is telling us that he wants us to bring our concerns to him. He wants us to pray for, long for, a day of ultimate peace. He wants us to beg for the ultimate establishment of his kingdom.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: kingdom, Peace, prayer, rest

A longing for justice

Posted on April 9, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Justice

This verse in Isaiah encourages me that at some point justice will be established. We will no longer experience terrorism, disease, or government corruption. We have a hope that rises higher than any flood of bad news that comes our way.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Isaiah, justice, longing, prayer, Scripture

Your Father knows what you need, then why ask?

Posted on April 6, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Father and son painting a room

The question is, why should we pray if God already knows what we need? It is not like I am going to provide God with a missing piece of data without which he could not make a good choice.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: painting, prayer, privilege, Sermon on the Mount

A prayer for today

Posted on October 2, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Daniel Praying

We can learn a lesson from Daniel’s prayer. Daniel earnestly interceded on behalf of his people and asked God to intervene and do something about it. God has responded in a most amazing way by sending Jesus.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Daniel, prayer, today

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Liar

The accusation of lying – what politics reveals about our need for truth

Politicians often accuse their opponents of lying. What does the effectiveness of this accusation show us about our need for truth?

Justice

A longing for justice

This verse in Isaiah encourages me that at some point justice will be established. We will no longer experience terrorism, disease, or government corruption. We have a hope that rises higher than any flood of bad news that comes our way.

Clarification

Offering some clarification

I want to offer some clarification about my previous post. My intent was not to criticize my friends for being upset about what was said in the sermon. There was nothing inherently wrong with feeling uncomfortable about a choice of words used in the pulpit.

On a lost golden age

Rather than be nostalgic for something that never was, we can participate with God in responding correctly to the time in which we find ourselves.

Steaming Cup of Tea

Simple pleasures are a gift – consider the source

To enjoy the simple things is life is a gift. What is the source of that gift? Is is programmed in our DNA or does it come from God?

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