by Brian | Jan 18, 2021 | Anxiety, Meditations
Still thinking through what the scriptures say about the fear of death. Isn’t this passage, from Hebrews Chapter 2, huge and powerful? But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that...
by Brian | Dec 24, 2020 | Meditations
“Unto us a Child is born; Unto us a Son is given.” Who could have ever come up with the story that happens to be the true story? “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” The God who made everything turned to unworthy...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2020 | Meditations
Luke Chapter 2, verses 8-18: Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid....
by Brian | Nov 23, 2020 | Meditations, Mental Health
A friend passed this prayer along to me the other day. Enjoy: In a world so wired and interconnected, our anxious hearts are pummeled by an endless barrage of troubling news. We are daily aware of more grief, O Lord, than we can rightly consider, of more suffering and...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2020 | Meditations
One of the interesting phrases the New Testament uses to describe what it means to be a Christian is “in Christ.” As believers, we are “in Christ.” There are so many layers to this idea. Here’s one: In 1 Corinthians 1:30-31, Paul writes,...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2020 | Current Events, Meditations
Psalm 72, with glorious glimpses into the future, of the ruler we’re all waiting for: Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son. He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. The mountains will...