Bible meditations – Page 5 – Darkened Glass Reflections

A Prayer for St. Patrick’s Day

A segment of St. Patrick’s Breastplate.

March 17, 2025

“I Am Prayer” (Psalms 109:4)

“In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer” (Psalms 109:4). The Hebrew literally says “I am prayer”; it should be a part of who we are.

March 9, 2025

Reset

Lent gives us an opportunity to lay aside some of the weights in our lives as we aim for a reset in our walk with Jesus.

March 5, 2025

Transfiguration, Glorification, and the Christian Life (Revisited)

Perhaps the great lesson of Lent is that we miss out as we continue to devote our time, resources, and energy to trivial things, when God is eager to pour out His blessings upon us and conform us to His likeness. We are His children: may we come to look more like Him as we…

March 2, 2025

Praise in Prayer and Proclamation

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!”

January 20, 2025

Worship and Warfare

“Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands…” (Psalm 149:6). Praise and worship are central parts of spiritual warfare. Let us win our wars through worship.

December 15, 2024

Give Thanks in All Circumstances

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

November 28, 2024

Christ Is King

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

November 24, 2024

Christians, Elections, Church, State, and Culture

Today I share a few thoughts about the election and Christians’ relationship to the church, government, and society, inspired by the insights of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

November 4, 2024