Darkened Glass Reflections

Category: Bible meditations

  • Divine Sovereignty. I. God Is In Control

    Divine Sovereignty. I. God Is In Control

    If problems are beyond your control, place them in God’s hands. If He can handle the Milky Way galaxy, He can handle your health, finances, marriage, job situation, etc. No matter how many bad choices you have made or how badly you have failed in different areas of your life, God is in control.

  • Act, Speak, and Pray

    Act, Speak, and Pray

    Many years ago, when I was in seminary, I had several conversations with a retired Baptist minister. In one of our conversations, he offered this word of wisdom: “I refuse to pray any prayer unless I am willing to be the answer to that prayer.” Let us not use prayer as an excuse not to…

  • Baptism: Deeper than the Water

    Baptism: Deeper than the Water

    Baptism is more than a bath. It is deeper than the water. Baptism makes visible our union with Christ. He takes our sin upon Himself. He pours His resurrection power, Spirit, and life upon us. We are united with Him. Scripture speaks frequently of the believer being “in Christ” and of Christ being in the…

  • 2020: A Year of Vision

    2020: A Year of Vision

    Maybe, as you are reading this and beginning a new year, you sense that God is calling you to something greater than the usual New Year’s resolutions in 2020. Perhaps He is calling you to bring your hopes, dreams, and visions to Him, align them with His vision for your life, and allow His wisdom…

  • The Trinity and the Christian Life

    The Trinity and the Christian Life

    Understanding the doctrine of the Trinity has several personal benefits to the believer. It drives our worship, and the entire Trinity is involved in our salvation and spiritual growth.

  • Christmas: The Love of God Revealed To and Through Us

    Christmas: The Love of God Revealed To and Through Us

    The entire life of Christ—from conception, to birth, His earthly life and ministry, to His death, resurrection, and ascension—revealed the love of God. It was an invitation to unite the life of God with the lives of mankind. May His love guide us as we celebrate His life, not just on Christmas but throughout the…

  • The Trinity: Trying to Explain It

    The Trinity: Trying to Explain It

    A few thoughts about the Trinity.

  • St. John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul and Knowing God

    St. John of the Cross: The Dark Night of the Soul and Knowing God

    This article shares some thoughts about growing in our knowledge of God as He reveals Himself to us in our hard times; for the commemoration of St. John of the Cross.

  • The Personal God Who Makes Himself Known

    The Personal God Who Makes Himself Known

    Genesis 1:27 tells us that God created mankind in His image. Philippians 2:7-8 tells us that Jesus assumed human form and likeness. God and man became one in the person of Christ, so that we can experience the full intimacy with God that He originally intended.

  • The Personal God Who Can Be Known

    The Personal God Who Can Be Known

    God wants us to know Him personally, not as an abstract concept.