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Why are you amazed?

Posted on October 9, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

Amazed

I can read about miracles in the Bible and not be amazed. The flannel graph presentations of my youth have made the stories so familiar that too often I do not connect with how radical the events actually were. This healing should amaze me but its familiarity masks how marvelous it really is.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: amazed, amazing, Faith, miracle, prayer

Tune my heart . . .

Posted on September 15, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

It is precisely because Jesus died and rose again that I can have hope to be other than I am. For what could I pray if there was no hope that my sin has been conquered? For what could I pray if Jesus did not rise and demonstrate that sin and death are vanquished? What hope have I without the Cross and the empty tomb?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Belief, heart, prayer

A doxology in darkness

Posted on March 11, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

To be grateful for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of God in the face of the marvels, cruel circumstances, obscenities, and commonplaces of life is to whisper a doxology in darkness. -Brennan Manning

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: doxology, prayer, thankfulness, thanks

My god is too small

Posted on February 1, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

My problem is a belief problem. What I truly believe is indicated by my actions and when I observe my behavior, I must confess that my god is too small.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: believe, God, prayer, small

My reluctant New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 7, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

My experience is that resolutions are likely to be broken or forgotten before the end of January. Yet I am going on record with 5 of them. Read mine and share a few of your own.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Bible, prayer, resolution, resolve, Timely

When the heavens are silent

Posted on October 15, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Stormy Heavens

Sometimes it seems that our prayers bounce off the ceiling. How should we respond when Heaven is silent? Some thoughts on why God might not answer.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: prayer, reward, silent, vending machine

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A quote taken from Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey speaks to those who are “smoldering with rage” at God for allowing pain and suffering in the world.

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The church building is a tool

I received an email yesterday from a man who visited a new church only to be confronted by the pastor because the man’s wife brought a drink into the “sanctuary.” Lest you think that this is uncommon, it was not long ago that I attended a church where the pastor made a huge deal out of anything other than water being brought into the auditorium. Presumably, such rules are in place because of fear that coffee or other drinks might get spilled on the carpet and result in a stain.

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Daniel and regime change – A call for perspective

Daniel is an example to us of one who was steadfast in the midst of social and political turmoil. In this election season we can learn from him.

Power in Leadership

The problem with power

The problem with power is that those who seek it are often the ones least qualified to wield it. This is no less true in the church than in society at large.

Composed in the presence of death

Composed in the presence of death

I began a draft of this post a few months ago while I was reading Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray. At that time, I thought the quote below worth sharing. But in late August, I was shocked to learn of the death of the son of a friend of mine. He was a great kid with a promising future and he passed away at the age of 23.

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