Lord Most High
In his books What Does It Mean to Fear the Lord and Rejoice and Tremble, author Michael Reeves talks about godly fear, and how appropriate it is to our relationship with the Lord, and for our worship. He spends a…
Amen
In a past meditation on this anthem, we noted that the lyrics personify some of the qualities and accomplishments of Jesus: Holiness has a name, it’s Jesus; Victory has a name, it’s Jesus; the Word and Redemption also have the…
Lord, You’re Holy
Holiness is a difficult concept for us to grasp. While we can think of it in terms of purity, it goes well beyond that. One definition often used by theologians is “otherness”—a state of being set apart and totally other…
How Holy Do You Really Want to Be?
There is a poem I wrote a couple of decades ago, entitled Burn for You (poem posted at the end of this blog). It is a prayer of pleading and aspiration to be on holy fire for God, refined for…
September 9: This Is How We Know Love
“I love you.” Three simple words which can be world changing—or meaningless. They are words which people overuse and under-demonstrate. Whether we are judging the worth of these words in terms of human love or divine, this anthem wonderfully sums…
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