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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Shame on you . . .

Posted on November 25, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

This realization will displace shame wherever it is found. Like spiritual chemotherapy, the Gospel goes on a seek-and-destroy mission against shame.

For that I am grateful.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Gospel, shame, Truth

When your church becomes cultish

Posted on July 3, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 17 Comments

If the leader or leadership of your church speaks ill of people after they leave, then that church is becoming cultish no matter how orthodox the teaching and worship might be.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: cult, cultish, demonize, orthodox, shame

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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.

Obedience

Obedience, trembling and embracing

This morning I was reading through the Sermon on the Mount and a phrase from the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) came to mind. In response to Scripture, the WCF speaks of “. . . yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that […]

Man on treadmill

Love – not busyness or programs

Paul prayed that the Philippians’ love might abound. He did not pray for busyness or programs to abound. Maybe we need to re-think our church life.

A Follow-up Prayer

That is what I need today; to be left with wanting only Jesus . . .

Think Christianly

Jonathon Morrow on Christianity and Culture

“I deeply believe that to become who God calls us to be, we must move in our thinking from isolation to integration. Christianity, if true, requires this.” Read more of this quotation . . .

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