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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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On the Command to Keep the Sabbath

Posted on October 17, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Sabbath

A Christian understanding of keeping the Sabbath should involve rest, assembling together for worship and instruction and doing good works for the benefit of others.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: commandment, rest, Sabbath

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

Working to get what we already have

Posted on December 29, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Rest Area

The main point is that I don’t have to strive to achieve holiness; it is something that has already been granted to me. I don’t have to work to get holiness; I already have it by being in Christ. I had been working to get something that I already have.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: holiness, rest, work, working

A much needed rest

Posted on December 16, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

Overburdened

Jesus’ yoke is easy and the burden light. If the burden is not light, if service is difficult, then I need to consider that the yoke is not Jesus’ yoke.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: activity, rest, work, yoke

The way to find rest

Posted on January 18, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Rest Area

Jesus offers to provide rest to all who come to him. This post provides a brief look at Jesus’ offer of rest as recorded in Matthew 11:28.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: heavy-laden, Jesus, rest, weary

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Putting Christ in Christmas? – Do we really need to fight that battle?

I fail to see the importance of some of the “Put Christ back in Christmas” rhetoric. How about we live changed lives instead?

Jonathan Edwards

Resolved – Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards

To prime the pump for New Year’s Resolutions, a list of Jonathan Edwards’ resolutions might be helpful.

Cancel culture in the church

I recently became aware of the term “cancel culture.” The term is new to me but the idea behind it is not. I have experienced this, and unfortunately, I usually have experienced this in the church.

No stumbling blocks

Let Scripture be the offense, not the way we present it. Let Jesus as The Way, The Truth, and The Life, be the offense, not how we follow Him.

Church Building

Ungodly means to a godly end?

If one or more of the leaders is using ungodly means to implement his vision, I struggle to see how the church could be healthy.

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