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Fixed Eyes
My life sometimes seems masochistic, for the deeper I yearn to be like Christ in the practical application of my faith in the...
Brandon Billings
Dec 8, 20125 min read
Hebrews and Hellenists
As I continue my reading of scriptures, now in the Book of II Chronicles, the above categorization of human beings, shared in a recent...
Brandon Billings
Dec 5, 20124 min read
Constructive Spiritual Tension
This morning, I sensed the source of tension often present in my decision making process as a political leader. I was reading a...
Brandon Billings
Dec 1, 20123 min read
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...
Brandon Billings
Nov 24, 20124 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...
Brandon Billings
Nov 8, 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...
Brandon Billings
Oct 6, 20123 min read
The Preacher
I was awakened/did awake early this a.m. (3:53). My excuse, I retired too early per the 6 hours I normally sleep. Yet, my curiosity has...
Brandon Billings
Sep 4, 20124 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...
Brandon Billings
Aug 28, 20122 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...
Brandon Billings
Jul 15, 20124 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...
Brandon Billings
Jul 5, 20125 min read
Transaction or Transformation?
This morning as I picked up the letter from my old friend John, I John, I had not read two verses into this lover’s plea, until I was...
Brandon Billings
Jun 27, 20123 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...
Brandon Billings
Apr 24, 20122 min read
Can I get a Witness!
I have not been able to get past a scripture read earlier in the week, Luke 20:20…in fact now another thought comes to mind as I write:...
Brandon Billings
Apr 1, 20122 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...
Brandon Billings
Feb 16, 20123 min read
The Sermon on the Mount
This morning my devotional reading has carried me into Matthew, arriving at the Beatitudes. However, of more interest to me than the...
Brandon Billings
Feb 14, 20123 min read
The House of Judah
I continue to be amazed at the encouragement that I am experiencing around my study of Judah and Joseph this year. For those who have...
Brandon Billings
Feb 8, 20123 min read
Aspirations
This morning and particularly with the events planned for this coming week, there seems an almost overwhelming awareness to the growing...
Brandon Billings
Jan 23, 20123 min read
Does Your Community Know You?
I was praying just a few weeks ago about how entrenched I was becoming in the political arena, and in fact, that it had been sometime...
Brandon Billings
Jan 15, 20125 min read
Containment or Partnership
Occasionally a strange sensation seems to overtake me in the early morning hours. I will begin to emerge from my sleep with an idea, not...
Brandon Billings
Jan 9, 20123 min read
Pearls of Great Price
For several days now I have been pondering where our culture is headed, one driven by pluralism, political correctness and attempts to...
Brandon Billings
Dec 29, 20114 min read
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