Churches Without Chests

Recovering Reverence 9 – Wholeheartedness

David de Bruyn

March 21, 2022

“Let me seek Thee in longing, let me long for Thee in seeking; let me…

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Rescuing Reverence – 8 “Childlikeness”

David de Bruyn

March 8, 2022

Reverent love includes a deep sense of being a small, teachable, weak being who is…

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Rescuing Reverence – 7 – Gratitude

David de Bruyn

March 1, 2022

Perhaps the simplest positive test for reverent love is the presence of gratitude. Gratitude combines…

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Rescuing Reverence – 6 – Submissiveness

David de Bruyn

February 22, 2022

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil…

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Rescuing Reverence – 5 “Nakedness”

David de Bruyn

February 15, 2022

This holy, reverent love has a second component. Not only does the fear of the…

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Rescuing Reverence – 4 – Otherness

David de Bruyn

February 8, 2022

At the heart of reverence, or holy love, are six components: otherness, openness, submissiveness, gratefulness,…

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Rescuing Reverence – 3

David de Bruyn

February 4, 2022

Loving God rightly means loving Him with a reverent love. To love God without the…

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Rescuing Reverence – 2

David de Bruyn

January 26, 2022

Here’s a short test. What follows is a list of several words associated with fear.…

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Rescuing Reverence – 1

David de Bruyn

January 18, 2022

Reverence, amongst Christians, is rather like intelligence. Most believe they themselves have it, while disputing…

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The Magi

David de Bruyn

December 23, 2021

Sometimes I wish that BalthasarHad not been gazing when that starAppeared, so many years ago.We…

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