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Electricity, Hurricane Sandy and the Feast of Sukkot – Four lessons

Posted on November 2, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

Hurricane Sandy

After the brute force of Hurricane Sandy subsided, I had some time to reflect on what had just happened. I offer four observations in response to Sandy.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: electricity, hurricane, Sandy, Sukkot

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St. Augustine of Hippo

A Thought from Saint Augustine

In the Confessions, Saint Augustine describes a depraved soul as “falling away from security in you to destruction in itself.” I like the way that Augustine puts this. When I make moral choices, I am choosing between God or self, light or darkness, building or destruction. There is no middle ground. Yet there is hope. […]

Church

What I look for in a church

As a result of the decision to leave my previous church, I determined that there are 6 things that are critical for the health of the church. They can be found in the original article which was published at Till He Comes, the blog of Jeremy Myers.

Life on the wheel – 5 reasons why your church calendar is out of control and what to do about it

A pastor friend recently referred to the sum of all the activities at his church as “the wheel.” Hearing him say this, a vision of a large hamster wheel came to mind. There often is a sense in a church body that things need to happen and that everyone needs to pitch in to keep […]

On having a perfect brother

Some thoughts on what it was like to be one of Jesus’ siblings. Imagine being compared to that perfect older brother all the time.

The Cross of Christ

John Stott on Jesus’ Hour

Jesus referred to an “hour” that was coming in his life and ministry. John Stott writes about what Jesus meant by this.

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