reverence of the mysterious

For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me. “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel...

These bones, my frame, won't hold in place They'd leave and part ways If I was without you This earth, my home, would be alone There...

To delight in God is simply what it means to be fully human.

...is so hard and dark right now. I feel it. The Spirit is bringing me on a journey to seeing the desires of my flesh as they really are. I ...

Well, where to start. I am going to try to cover all 6 weeks. My Team There was originally 8 of us from Biola who were on the team. 3 guys a...

Back in April I wrote about self-denial and how following God is not about fulfillment and such. Well I am beginning to rethink my thinking....

One must enter into the depths of one's sin, by the Spirit, and with a firm grasp on the Gospel before one can be truly transformed with...

Wrong. I am done buying into that lie. It makes Christianity into a religion that serves self. It has lead me down a path toward flirting wi...

Something I think that Christians have lost is the power of story in our presentations of God to the world. May I remind you that the silly ...

I want to be a Child again. Everything I expirence has a tendency to become mundane and normal. The things that used to be new and exciting ...

This summer I have the opportunity to travel to India to support a local Christian ministry there. I will be there for over a month from the...

I am writing this post more for myself than anyone. To remind myself of where I am and where I am going. I have been reading Donald Miller...

This is a link to a video I saw awhile back that I keep going back to watch from time to time. It is a great reminder of redemptive history ...

I grew up in the same city and the same house from birth until at 18 when I went off to college. It is thanksgiving week so I have gone back...

All over scripture is the statement that "the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom". I have spent the last week pondering what i...

Slave. This is not a name that most would take kindly to. This word brings to mind many things in the history of humanity. For Americans it ...

It has been quite a while since I have written anything for this blog. For some reason my love for writing has dwindled in the last year or ...

My summer is more than half-way over and I still feel like I am stuck in the same rut I have been in for far too long. I feel like am stagna...

Here I am. It's 5 am and I can't sleep, so I am going to just write. I have a few more things to do in the next 2 days but other tha...

I began reading Karl Barth's The Epistle to the Romans tonight and came across a section of note. "The Gospel is not a religious m...

The world crumbles, Yes there is Good, hiding in many shadows, Yahweh. King. Love. Why? Creation, I watch you moan, and I join in. I am fina...

This made me laugh out loud more than I have in a long time The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bart Ehrman colbertnation.com Co...

I drove back to my Arizona birthplace this morning from my current home, Biola University. Today has been such an abnormal day it has been h...

It is hard. It hurts. To see those people in my life that I love reject the beautiful one. The God who came down in human flesh and subjecte...

God Who are you? Why do you love me? I face who I am, I am nothing, I am a flower in your field, Made by your hand, but my beauty fades, I d...

I started my second semester of college today. It is refreshing to be back in the grind of school, which feels strange to me. I guess I am j...

Great post I just read. I was really excited reading this as defining the "beauty" of God is something I am passionate about.

I feel like I need to clarify some things. The name of my blog is "reverence of the mysterious" and I want to explain the title an...

Jesus came two millenniums ago and proclaimed a kingdom. He preached the idea that the Kingdom of Yahweh was here. And the reality of this j...

“Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food....

I love this hymn. So simple yet so beautiful. I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; no tender voice like thine can peace afford. I nee...

"There is more to life than study, study which at times can be frustrating or 'wearisome'. There is more to life than seeking; ...

One question has always perplexed me. Why were Adam and Eve naked? Why was this the first thing that they noticed after they sinned? One of ...

I have arrived and moved into my dorm at Biola University where I will begin classes for my degree in Biblical Studies on Wednesday. It is a...

Here is what Karl Barth says: The Gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question-mark against all truths. The Gospel i...

Thursday rolled around and we had our last VBS session. I felt really worn down that day and it was hard for me to press on to give my best ...

On Tuesday night our team put together an outreach event on the local basketball court. Two of our team members are skilled musicians so the...

Great article on the themes of The Dark Knight

I went to see the new batman movie "The Dark Knight" tonight. It was an amazing film and it wasn't your run-of-the-mill super ...

On the third day of our trip, Monday, we started our Vacation Bible School in the morning. A few of the members of our team went out and did...

I was reading through some early Christian writings and I came across this: "For the scripture saith; Woe unto them that are wise for t...

I just returned from a 7 day trip to Belize. I love mission trips. I always come back how feeling like I learned and experienced so much. Th...

I am reading Ben Witherington's book The Living Word of God and he talks about this idea of biblical rhetoric. I was really stuck by hi...

there are 10 million millionaries in the world yet the majority of the world's population lives in poverty

This is a question I have been pondering lately. I have been looking at all the different reasons that human beings, including myself, give ...

Where I am at: "To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to th...

bringing sexy back or bringing serving back ?

I feel like a "child" who is being "tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunn...