Darkened Glass Reflections

Category: Bible meditations

The Words of Christ—Matthew 22:15-22

“Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

December 9, 2023
St. Ambrose of Milan on Fasting

A quote about fasting from St. Ambrose of Milan, who helped lead St. Augustine to Christ.

December 7, 2023
The Words of Christ—Mark 10:14-15 (Feast of St. Nicholas)

Today’s devotional looks at Mark 10:14-15, teaching about childlike faith, in light of the Feast of St. Nicholas.

December 6, 2023
The Words of Christ—Matthew 21:1-3

“And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them on immediately.”

December 4, 2023
Get Ready!

As we begin Advent, a new year begins on the church calendar. We leave the past behind us and look ahead in anticipation.

December 3, 2023
The Words of Christ—Matthew 20:23

He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father” (Matthew 20:23).

December 1, 2023
The Words of Christ—Matthew 19:23-26

“Truly I say to you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

November 29, 2023
The Words of Christ—Matthew 19:4-6

And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two,…

November 27, 2023
Servants of Our Shepherd/King

Jesus’ parable of the sheep and the goats asks: How will we respond to Him as our Savior, Shepherd, and King?

November 26, 2023
The Words of Christ—Matthew 18:23-35

Jesus told a parable about a man who had been forgiven an absurdly high debt who would not forgive a much smaller one. Let us forgive as we have been forgiven.

November 25, 2023