Brad RileyApr 19, 20193 minThe Praise of AgonyThe Praise of Agony Yet you are the Holy One, * enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3 “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani”, the voice...
Brad RileyApr 12, 20193 minWisdom, Let Us Attend!Wisdom, Let Us Attend “Let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his...
Brad RileyApr 10, 20192 minStrange VoicesStrange voices ‘They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.’ John 10:5...
Brad RileyApr 5, 20192 minThe Greatest Force In All the WorldThe Greatest Force In the World Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or...
Brad RileyApr 3, 20192 minTo Eat or Not to Eat?To Eat or Not to Eat? Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will...
Brad RileyMar 29, 20192 minFollow the Yellow Brick RoadFollow the Yellow Brick Road “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow...
Brad RileyMar 27, 20193 minBeauty of the Ashes: Get Back In the RingGet Back in the Ring And not only that, but we* also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, Romans 5:3 A lot...
Brad RileyMar 22, 20192 minThe Beauty of the Ashes: Search Me O GodSearch Me O God O God, you know my foolishness, and my faults are not hidden from you. Psalm 69:6 “You can fool some of the people all...
Brad RileyMar 16, 20192 minThe Beauty of the Ashes: A Change of PositionCome, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 95:6 Repentance is a major theme of the season of...
Brad RileyMar 13, 20192 minThe Beauty of the Ashes: Rainy Days and MondaysRemember your word to your servant, because you have given me hope. This is my comfort in my trouble, that your promise gives me life....
Brad RileyMar 8, 20193 minBroken Bones“…let the bones you have broken rejoice.” Psalm 51:8 I was walking backward into Tommy’s yard while reading the graffiti that was painted...
Brad RileyMar 6, 20191 minThe Beauty of the Ashes: A Poem for the beginning of LentFor the beauty of the Ashes, For the glory they once revealed, In these no words could ever capture, God’s highest work in me He sealed....
Brad RileyApr 4, 20172 minDon’t Bother Me With the FactsJesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” John 9:39...
Brad RileyMar 28, 20173 minA Heart of Perfect Peace“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 Read Proverbs 4 Have you ever had feelings of...
Brad RileyMar 21, 20172 minEveryone Needs Heart Surgery“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Read Jeremiah 17 Have you ever gone...
Brad RileyMar 17, 20172 minIn the Blink of An EyeSave me, O God, * for the waters have risen up to my neck. I am sinking in deep mire, * and there is no firm ground for my feet. Psalm...
Brad RileyMar 14, 20172 minRocks for JocksHear my cry, O God, * and listen to my prayer. I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; * set me upon...
Brad RileyMar 13, 20172 minSoul Food Anyone?“Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” John...
Brad RileyMar 10, 20172 minIs That Too Much to Ask?“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to...
Brad RileyMar 9, 20172 minSprings of Joy“The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear and gives light to the eyes… By them...