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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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How did God create man?

Posted on October 31, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Thankfully, our Western culture is built around the foundational idea of the dignity of man. This thought informs our laws and our practice. We think that murder is wrong. We think that individuals have rights that should not be violated. We think that each person should be able to do or become whatever he wishes to be.

Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: create, man, purpose

Rosaria Butterfield on Difficulty in Life

Posted on March 25, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

A life outside of Christ is both hard and frightening; a life in Christ has hard edges and dark valleys, but it is purposeful even when painful.

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Not of this world – Lessons from John 18:36

Lately I’ve been thinking about how the church should interact with the surrounding culture. In my country, society is moving rapidly away from the Judeo/Christian moral framework. Seemingly, every point of view is tolerated with the exception of an overtly Christian one. In response to this, it is not difficult to find “culture wars” rhetoric […]

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How did Christ, the Son of God, become man?

The first observation that I need to make is that there is mystery here. We must acknowledge that complete understanding of this is beyond our reach as humans.

Wrong Answer

All the right answers but still wrong

The lesson we should learn from this is that we can have all the right answers but still be wrong. We can say all the right things and still be far away from where we need to be.

Worry

What Matthew 6 teaches me about worry and ministry

Worry does not become a virtue just because the worry is over ministry responsibilities.

Just sayin’ . . .

No Matter How Bad it Gets . . .

The prophet Habakkuk questioned God about the turmoil he was experiencing in his culture. In the opening verses of the book that bears his name, Habakkuk lists the problems he saw around him. Iniquity, injustice, destruction and violence are listed in his complaint. Do these complaints sound familiar? A brief survey of the news will […]

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