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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Preaching with impact

Posted on August 25, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Sword

Preaching doesn’t need to be flashy or entertaining to be effective. Here are some thoughts on which preachers have made an impact on me and why.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture, Preaching Tagged With: preacher, preaching, sermon, sword

Martyn Lloyd-Jones on True Christians and the Sermon on the Mount

Posted on February 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

A comment made by Martyn Lloyd-Jones in the introduction to a collection of his sermons on the Sermon on the Mount is still relevant today. We need to be honest about the Church’s failures, repent and begin again.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Christian, Christianity, Evangelism, Jesus, sermon, Sermon on the Mount

The blessing of being poor (in spirit) – Matthew 5:3

Posted on November 6, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Matthew 5:3 reads: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (NASB) One must assume that Jesus knew what he was doing when he put this Beatitude first in the list. Blessed are the poor in Spirit. Luke’s record shortens this saying to simply, “blessed are you who are poor” […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: blessed, blessing, Heaven, kingdom, mount, resources, sermon

Introduction to the Beatitudes – Sermon on the Mount #3

Posted on November 2, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Blessed

Before examining the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-11, it would be helpful to offer a few words on the meaning of the word translated “blessed” in our English Bibles. The word in the original is makarios, which in Homer denoted the “transcendent happiness of a life beyond care, labor and death.” (Theological Dictionary of the New […]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Beatitude, blessing, mount, sermon

He sat down to teach – Sermon on the Mount Series #2

Posted on October 21, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The beginning of the Sermon on the Mount:  1 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them . . .” (Matthew 5:1-2 NASB) At the end of chapter 4, Matthew informs us […]

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Right and Wrong

That pesky sense of oughtness

That pesky sense of oughtness seems to keep creeping in, even in those who say it doesn’t exist. This is the dilemma of the materialist. It is this sense of right and wrong that has caused many to explore the claims of Jesus Christ.

Don’t look to Egypt for help

Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. Over the years that I have been […]

Humility

The call and the gift

I heard a speaker recently talk about ministry as a fusion of calling and gifting. Both the call and the gifting are given by God to those he chooses to minister to his church. And both the calling and the gifting must be operational for ministry to be effective.

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Leon Morris on Jesus’ friendship with sinners

We are right in the middle of the Christmas season. Perhaps more than any other time of the year, those who do not know or believe in Jesus are curious as to what Christianity is all about. As we interact with those who do not believe, it is important to remember how Jesus dealt with […]

A word on church culture

For me it boils down to two choices. Either we have a church culture centered on the gospel or we have something else that looks like the church but is not.

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