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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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An Easter Meditation inspired by Counting Crows

Posted on April 17, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

London Fog

Our culture has thrown off the bonds of religion in an effort to find freedom. We have broken through the walls of tradition and cultural restraint to find new sources to satisfy our soul hunger. Yet, it seems that many are not finding that satisfaction. Consider this snippet of lyrics from the song “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows . . .

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Cross, Jesus, Ravi Zacharias, resurrection

Wanted: A Point of Reference

Posted on March 3, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Traffic Light

When you are sitting at a stop light in your car and see motion out of the corner of your eye, there are two responses. The first is to push harder on the brake pedal and the second is to look at a lamp post, building or some other stationary object to see if your […]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: atheism, DNA, Ethics, God, Philosophy, Ravi Zacharias, Religion and Spirituality

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Intentional

Intentional about Grace

The Church of Jesus Christ should be the most gracious place on the planet but often it is not. If we are not consistently preaching the Gospel, if we are not reinforcing our need for a savior, if we are not intentional about living under grace, then we will become what the world thinks we are.

Church Triangle

The balance between worship, service and fellowship

The Balance For a church to be healthy, each believer must have opportunity to participate in worship, service and fellowship. Some definitions are in order. First, when I refer to worship, I am speaking of the activities of the congregation when we come together on Sunday morning. We worship through singing and the teaching of […]

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.

Forgiveness

Thoughts on forgiveness

Isaiah’s cry, “I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5) resonates with me this morning. I have wounded others and have been wounded by others through both speech and action. The question arises as to how to respond to the wounds. There are three possible […]

You Just Don't Get It

The Fellowship of the Obtuse

I am comforted that the men who God used to turn the world upside down had moments when they just did not get it. They, at times, were just as obtuse and blind as I often am.

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