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Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Yancey’s Three Questions

Posted on October 1, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

3 Questions

Yet behind the three questions stands a person who claims to have the explanation and the answer to these questions.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: answer, Jesus, questions, three, Yancey

Philip Yancey on the problem of pain

Posted on December 26, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Philip Yancey

A quote taken from Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey speaks to those who are “smoldering with rage” at God for allowing pain and suffering in the world.

Filed Under: Quotation Tagged With: Bunyan, Calvin, Donne, Luther, pain, Yancey

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A mediation on Psalm 1

I have read this psalm many times, but this morning I came away with a different impression than I have ever had before.

Broken Hear

The scandal among us – Thoughts on Matthew 1

The genealogy in Matthew one includes those involved in scandal and immorality as being in the line of the Messiah. What can we learn from this?

Self-inflicted wound

Self inflicted wounds

When those outside the church criticize our lack of love and hypocrisy, we respond as if we are being persecuted. But much of the perceived “persecution” is self-inflicted. We are rightly condemned by the culture around us when we fail to represent Jesus well.

Father and son painting a room

Your Father knows what you need, then why ask?

The question is, why should we pray if God already knows what we need? It is not like I am going to provide God with a missing piece of data without which he could not make a good choice.

Welcome to the club

So, if you are a sinner, welcome to the club. If you feel that you fail more than succeed, welcome to the club. If you know that you don’t have your act together, welcome to the club.

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