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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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New news, old news

Posted on August 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Extra! Extra!

Malcolm Muggeridge is attributed as saying, “new news is old news happening to new people.” Jeremiah warns us of repeating the errors of ancient Israel.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: news, Scripture, tolerance

Jesus and the law: What can we learn?

Posted on July 10, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Holy Bible

Jesus tells us that no part of the Old Testament law will fall away before it is fulfilled. What does this mean and how should we respond? Do we need to change how we approach the law and how we teach it?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, Christ, gold, hay, Jesus, precious stones, Scripture, silver, straw, stubble, wood

What is behind the popularity of Harold Camping?

Posted on May 20, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

May 21 Calendar

Harold Camping and May 21 As many people know, Harold Camping has predicted that the rapture will happen on May 21. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that I will be writing a post the morning of May 22 thanking God for another day. My purpose here is not to catalog […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Bible, Church, Epistle to the Romans, God, Heaven, Jesus, Scripture

Even Lawyers Can’t Mess This Up

Posted on April 7, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Chained Bible

At our church, we are studying through the book of 2 Timothy in the New Testament. A line from Chapter 2 struck me where Paul writes, “but the word of God is not bound.” Paul is saying that even though he himself is bound, Scripture cannot be put in chains. Our society is becoming increasingly […]

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Bible, Lion, Scripture

Anticipating an Important Letter

Posted on March 30, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

How fast would you run to the mailbox if you knew that a personal letter from the President was waiting for you? Regardless of your political loyalties, to have such a letter would be an important occasion and you would have great anticipation as to how the letter will affect you. While many of us […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Bible, God, Scripture

Enemies of Faithfulness

Posted on March 20, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

There are many things that can be listed as potential enemies to faithfulness. For the purpose of this post I have chosen three that I think are significant. These three are: Lack of a prophetic voice Lack of discipline Lack of understanding Lack of a prophetic voice Ravi Zacharias has pointed out that one of […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: David, Faith, God, Israel, Samuel, Saul, Scripture, Solomon

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The law of unintended consequences

The church is to be intentional in her quest to make disciples. But a wrongheaded emphasis on short term gains might lead to an unintended consequence.

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“From a very early age our souls are taught there is a comfort and a discomfort in the world, a good and bad if you will, a lovely and a frightening. There seemed to me to be too much frightening, and I didn’t know why it existed.”

On Abuse of Power

This should be instructive to use as we look as to how the church should be structured. We have too many examples of how celebrity pastors have gone astray by assuming power that was never theirs to assume.

On giving offense

Nowhere can you find Jesus indicating that ideas don’t matter and any belief is acceptable as long as it is firmly held. On every page of the gospel accounts, Jesus says something that is deemed intolerant by our society.

What if we lived out what we say we believe?

A woman beginning her ninth decade laughs when she is told that she will bear a son. Her husband is ten years her senior which adds to the seeming impossibility. In response to her laughter, God asks Abraham a question, “is anything too hard for the LORD?” (Genesis 18:14)

That same question remains for us.

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