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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Social media and the need for validation

Posted on July 2, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Twitter Follow Me Bird

I read a where a social media guru recently said something to the effect of, “there are two types of people involved in social media, those who want more followers and those who are lying about it.” With the advent of social media, there is a danger in finding our validation in follower counts. Where should our validation come from?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Social Media Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Paul, Religion and Spirituality, Social Media

Farewell to a neighbor: Four lessons I learn from his death

Posted on June 17, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Gravestone

The unexpected sadness at the death of a problematic neighbor prompts four observations concerning his life and death. He was a pain when he was alive, but I am surprised that at hearing the news of his death I am more sad than relieved. Read on to discover why.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, Death, Evangelism, God, Heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion and Spirituality

Attempts at Honesty at FaithVillage

Posted on June 4, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Attempts at Honesty has had two posts published at FaithVilage.com. Check out these posts and the other resources at this up-and-coming site.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Blog Referral, Blogging Tagged With: Bible, Christian, Christianity, God, Grace, honesty, Religion and Spirituality, theology

Feedback is scary – but you need it

Posted on May 14, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

This is a repost of an article at theresurgence.com. Every leader should develop a culture that encourages feedback. Feedback is essential in eliminating blind spots and making sure that you are achieving the goal.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christianity, God, Religion and Spirituality

Grace, Truth and Difficult People

Posted on January 18, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Grace and Truth

We all have had to deal with difficult people at one time or another. In the midst of the difficulty we are called to love the difficult person. We need to interact with that person with both grace and truth. Jesus is our example on how to maintain this balance.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, God, Grace, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Truth

5 R’s for 2012 – A Lesson from the Apostle Paul

Posted on January 16, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

I wanted to choose some verses as a point of emphasis in 2012. I chose Philippians 4:4-8. I see 5 thing which begin with R on which to focus this year.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Christ Jesus, Christianity, God, Jesus, Lord, Paul, Religion and Spirituality

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Elmore James

The Gospel according to Elmore James

While driving to work this morning a version of “It Hurts Me Too” came on the radio. As I considered the lyrics, I saw a parallel to Scripture that I had not seen before.

Church Membership – A Response to Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler makes the claim that church membership is necessary for optimum growth of a believer. I provide a counter perspective in this blog post.

Rethinking Church

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.

Ears to Hear

On having ears to hear

In western culture we are subjected to a constant barrage of noise and information. We have talking heads on the radio in the car. Music streams into stores as we shop. The television provides incessant babble if we allow it. The stream of information is unrelenting and we cannot possibly take it all in. We have to be selective in our listening.

In several places in the Gospels, Jesus make the statement, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” My paraphrase of this would be, “you’ve got the equipment required to hear, now use it and listen up.”

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Tinkering with Attempts at Honesty

In an effort toward continuous improvement, I am constantly tinkering with the structure of Attempts at Honesty. Specifically, I want to make it easier for people to comment on posts. Over the years I have tried a variety of comment plugins. Disqus, Livefyre and Jetpack were some of the plugins that I have tried but […]

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