Generational Shifts
For some days now, I have been reflecting on what may be four to five distinctive dimensional changes witnessed in my lifetime of...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 8, 20123 min read
Theocracy and Democracy
If one Goggles theocracy, they will find the following definition: “A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a...
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Brandon Billings
Oct 6, 20123 min read
Politics and Lost Donkeys
Thought this might catch the reader’s eye, especially coming from an elected official! Actually, I am referencing the dynamic which...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 28, 20122 min read
The Bronze Serpent
I continue to struggle with what I see happening across our land, economically, politically and yes, spiritually. I am of the...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 28, 20121 min read
El Elyon
Interesting followup on last post given a conversation with a Hebrew scholar. El Elyon means God most high, the introduction offered by...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 15, 20124 min read
The Order of Melchizedek
With each year I live, and with each annual round through the scriptures, I either gain new insight or struggle more with religion. Some...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 5, 20125 min read
The God Particle
This entry, lengthy but by no means “tongue in cheek” relates to the recent discovery of the elusive subatomic particle, to which all...
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Brandon Billings
Jun 13, 20123 min read
The Call to Intercession, The Assurance of Hope
This week, I was reminded by a dear friend and blog subscriber that I should get back to my writing. I have surely been distracted for...
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Brandon Billings
Apr 24, 20122 min read
Heightened Awareness
Sometimes I believe that the reason I am in politics is more to observe people than to serve them, though the latter is my calling. The...
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Brandon Billings
Feb 16, 20123 min read
The Magnificent Christ
I continue to be amazed at how the scriptures read so differently each time I pass through the pages of my Bible. The text never changes...
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Brandon Billings
Feb 4, 20122 min read
Parallels
I sit here this a.m. reflecting on almost 40 years of service to the church and to my community. Grateful for the scores of lives...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 24, 20112 min read
American Christianity
As I sit this morning, in one of the many places of worship in our city, thinking of all the variety of churches on almost every corner...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 16, 20112 min read
An Axiom Misappropriated
This morning as I did my daily reading of Oswald Chambers, it dawned on me what the American pulpit has done to the familiar mandate of...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 22, 20112 min read
The Burden of Truth
I already know how this entry is going to sound and thus the disclaimer and the hope that it will not be misinterpreted. This morning, as...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 21, 20103 min read
Pity
These last few days, I seem occupied with a curiosity as to who God fully is. I listen and read various theologians and contemporaries...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 19, 20104 min read
Justice
“The doctrines of the gospel are doctrines of peace, and they bring comfort to all who believe in them; they are not like the law given...
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Brandon Billings
Sep 4, 20103 min read
The Father of Light, The Crucified God
I continue to be amazed at God’s ruthless work in my life, yet I am thrilled at my growing confidence that He will not leave me alone and...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 15, 20102 min read
True Compassion
This morning’s word was interesting in its formation. I had read through my usual couple chapters in the Bible, taken a break to talk to...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 9, 20107 min read
Theological Declaration of Barmen
Written by Karl Barth and the confessing church in Nazi Germany in response to Hitler’s national church. Its central doctrines concern...
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Brandon Billings
Jun 26, 20102 min read
New Every Morning
This blog thing is becoming quite the disclosure instrument for me. It seems to offer great remedy for a pent-up preacher and often...
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