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This ever-expanding collection of articles offers focused reflections designed to engage the mind and spirit without overwhelming the schedule. Each article is purposefully distilled to a single page, providing a concise yet substantive exploration of faith, history, and the human experience. By blending meticulous research with a conversational tone, these pieces invite the reader to pause and ponder profound truths in brief, manageable intervals. Whether you have five minutes or an hour, these writings are crafted to be easily accessible, ensuring that deep insight is never more than a page away.
The New Covenent Temple
“Tear down this temple, and I will rebuild it in three days” (John 2:19) Back in the 1960s through the late 1970s, the American world lived in constant anticipation of automobile manufacturers releasing their latest models. It was a religion all its own—a constant state of change for the sake of excitement and the planned obsolescence of previous models. The religious leaders in the Temple in Jerusalem could never have imagined they were beholding the ‘new model’ of God’s tab
Michael G. Bryan
Jun 294 min read
Abraham and Isaac: Towers of Faith
“Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” ~Genesis 22:5 These are the instructions Abraham gave his servant before ascending the mountain to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. As a child, I often wrestled with this passage: What kind of God asks a man to take the life of his son? And what kind of man would be willing to do it? The verse above provides an inspiring lesson on faith in the promises of God that a
Michael G. Bryan
Jun 293 min read
The Sermon on the Mount: Heaven's Charter
"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock." (Matthew 7:24) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In
Michael G. Bryan
Jun 295 min read
The Followers of The Way
Do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: It is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. (Romans 11:18) I’ve always felt that anti-Semites, claiming to be Christians, are both tragically and woefully ignorant of their own identity. This very strong belief led me to design and receive my second of four biblically based tattoos seen above, with the hope that folks might ask for the full meaning of the tattoo, and I could share the importan
Michael G. Bryan
Jun 34 min read
The Law: From Stone to Dust
“When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone.’ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.” (John 8:7) It is curious that John reveals that Jesus calmly wrote on the ground when the teachers of the law and Pharisees brought a woman caught committing adultery before Him, but not what He wrote. They badgered Him for an answer regarding her fate. The Law required that she be
Michael G. Bryan
May 283 min read
Ehyeh: The Great I Am
“This is what you are to say to the Israelites: EHYEH (I AM) has sent me to you.” (Exodus 3:14) Buckle your seatbelts and open your mind’s eye wide, because the history of God’s love toward mankind in the Old Testament is rich with confirmations of astounding activity behind the backdrop of what is seen—The Kingdom of God—a fourth spiritual dimension. This Kingdom is the very essence of creation—preceding and transcending every known physical law of nature. We beheld a glimps
Michael G. Bryan
May 123 min read
Aaron: God's Grace on Display
“So I told them, ‘Whoever has gold jewelry, take it off.’ When they brought it to me, I simply threw it into the fire—and out came this calf!” (Exodus 32:24) This is one of the most humorous yet encouraging passages in Scripture regarding God's grace and man's frailty. Why humorous? It is a wonder that Aaron even completed that sentence without being consumed by fire. Only a few verses earlier, the text clearly states that “Aaron took the gold, fashioned it with a graving t
Michael G. Bryan
May 63 min read
Green Pastures
“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul...” (Psalm 23:2–3) When I owned my first car, I put sixty thousand miles on it in a little over a year. Sometimes, I’d just pick a country road and see where it ended. More often, the destination was the Appalachian Mountains and a lengthy trail to a stunning mountain overlook or a series of waterfalls cascading down a mountainside. Countless nights, I would drive out into the countr
Michael G. Bryan
May 33 min read
Your Faith
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8) We tend to think of faith as a rather mysterious and elusive abstract concept. In reality, however, we all rely on considerable acts of faith throughout every day of our lives without ever giving it conscious thought. For instance, when we take a seat, we don’t think to ourselves, “I sure hope this chair holds me.” Nor do we anxiously hope that our vehicle
Michael G. Bryan
Apr 224 min read
David - A man after God's own heart
“…the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people…” (1 Sam 13:14) After years of wondering why David was a man after God’s own heart, I finally realize that I’ve wasted valuable time on a question God plainly answers. According to God Himself, if we desire a glimpse into His heart, we should ponder David’s heart! This revelation helped me understand why, even as a boy, I loved David so. Even though he is a pre-Christ figure, David is a
Michael G. Bryan
Apr 83 min read
Branches
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit” (John 15:1-2). When I was young and involved in an organized church centered around evangelism, I surmised that the ‘fruit’ of the branch was Christian converts; I believed it was my sole purpose to bring them into the fold. Since most church members aren’t naturally confident evangeli
Michael G. Bryan
Apr 83 min read
Our Holy God and Father
“Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:29-30) Old precepts die hard. For instance, discussions regarding the holiness of God can easily cause us to fall short of fully comprehending and embracing our relationship with The Holy One. We understand that God is holy and we are not, because it is our nature to sin. Why? It is because at the root of al
Michael G. Bryan
Apr 83 min read
Let There Be Light
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (Genesis 1:3) In the late sixties, The Washington Post featured a cartoon entitled “The Big Bang Theory.” It portrayed two scientists reaching the pinnacle of a mountain where a monk was perched with the scriptures open on his lap. He asked them, “What took you so long?” Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is roughly 100,000 light-years across, and our solar system sits about 26,000 light-years from its center. To put this into
Michael G. Bryan
Apr 73 min read
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