Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Sanctity of Human Beings

The Presence of  Glory

Folks don’t handle well the company Of  that person of glorious note. He’s attractive but discomfiting; His glory exposes deficiency. There is an awkwardness:A sense of failure, subordination;A feeling of wrongfulnessInspired by the presenceOf the high-level achiever.Yeah, such company is discomfiting,But it need not as such be so!We ALL fall short of HIS glory,Making ours […]

Tolerated, Outlawed, and (finally) Shunned

            Abortion will follow the same course as slavery.              Mankind, sin-ridden as it is, falls into stupid, ridiculous, and (yes) wicked habits.  It is a feature of humanity since the disobedient eating of that fruit (Gen. 3:6).             For many years, humanity was caught up in the sin of slavery.  A condition one might […]

“All He’s Ever Been Is kind”?

Which god are you serving? Ever read Job?  (Wasn’t treated too kindly by God.  Remember when He allowed the devil to “have his way” with that righteous man?  Wasn’t pretty – or kind.) Were the Father and the Spirit “kind” to Jesus when they poured out the sins of the world upon Him – for […]

To Die Is Gain

I know that You are “good” and “kind,” But I also really know that You are rough! You sanctify the softies and the tough.We rebel sinners are in need of reformAnd You bring on sometimes a stormTo shake us out of our foolishnessAnd bring us back toward Your holiness.Better, indeed, that You pull out the […]

Onward Weak or Strong

Stick with the straight and  narrow Flying along like a target arrow. Got that destiny in front; No swerving left or right, Falling into the din or the night;Got that light to guide your fight.That energy will not go to wasteAnd by His Spirit you’ll keep the pace.Head up strong and marching on;Serve Him feeling […]

Holy Wrestling Zealotry

Train up your childrenIn the way they should go: “Baseball’s for boys; Basketball’s for girls; Wrestling’s for men.” Say it over and over again, So they can swallow what’s good; Shine bright in the neighborhood. It is, as we know, the Biblical sport, So don’t sell your kids short! Get them into that sacred mind […]

Blessings From Heaven

Apart from heaven, The greatest joy is our eleven. What gems they are, Walking in truth among us;An asset to our body politic,Advocating for true justiceAs defined by God’s Word.(Of course!  How else to defineThat which is quite sublime!We need revelation from on highAnd, indeed, we got it!Those prophets and apostlesAnd God, Himself, incarnateHas revealed […]

You Can Choose Whatever Road You Choose, But . . .

While you’re choosin’ whatever road you choose, I won’t interfere unless you are doing harm To another innocent who can’t protect himself. Might want to kill that baby in your womb; I’m not lettin’ him go to that tomb, No matter that you think it your “choice.” And just because that little one has no […]

Non-violence!  It Is Our Tradition!

Well, that is fine when your are talking about achieving racial equality or the right of a woman to vote or hold office.  But when you are talking about freeing those who have been enslaved by racial manstealing and trading of black people or when you are talking about the murder of womb-children, tradition may, […]

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