As I’ve done a few times in the past, today I want to introduce you to a guest blogger. His name is Mpumi Nyembe and he runs the blog Bought By His Blood. A few months ago Mpumi (who is also a monthly supporter of Full of Eyes) did an interview with me about my faith […]

Psalm 103:4, “…who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy…” The Crown of the Christian Often times in scripture a crown is synonymous with a person’s honor and functions as an outward expression of a particular glory that they bear (whether it be as king or queen or ruler or judge etc. Job 19:9,Prov.12:4,14:24,17:6). It

  “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world

  “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world

Over the past few months I’ve created a series of YouTube videos called, Theology Behind The Imagery. These videos are my attempt to explain some of the biblical and theological underpinnings of specific scenes in my animations. I want to do something similar to that in today’s blog post. The picture I want to examine

Visual Exegesis As some of you may know, for the last few months I’ve been putting together an art book entitled Visual Exegesis. It’s been a long process–much longer than I anticipated when I started out on it back in February! “How hard can it be,” I thought, “all I need to do is gather together some

  “And after a while the brook dried up. Then the word of YHWH came to him…” – 1 Kings 17:7-8 For today’s blog post I want to briefly point out one interesting element in this account: the the order of the two events. First the brook dries up, and then the word of the

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you…” – John 15:7 In chapter 15 of John’s gospel, we find Christ’s wonderful extended teaching about the Vine and the Branches. The point of this analogy is that Jesus Himself is the Vine and His followers are the Branches. What I love so much

  “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside His outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around His waist. Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash

“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will

“Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him…” – Psalm 62:8 A Beautiful Call How wonderful that such a command is in scripture….”pour out your heart before Him.” That is truly awesome. Remember that the Bible is the word of God. This means that a call like the one

“But as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 Not Primarily About Heaven It seems that this verse is often taken as a commentary on the joys and glories of eternity (“Heaven”), which

“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I will be King over you. I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and

For today’s blog post I wanted to share with you all an excerpt from the study guide for the upcoming animation, “It Is Finished.” I create these guides as a way of helping people understand some of the theological underpinnings to the imagery that they see in the animations. My hope and prayer is that

“And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and all its furniture, so you shall make it.” – Exodus 25:8-9   How interesting is it that YHWH God, transcendent creator of time and space and matter and the

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven,making peace by the

Before I begin today’s post I want to give a disclaimer. Much of what I discuss in this post is speculative. I am doing my best to piece together what scripture teaches us, but ultimately these are high and glorious things that are difficult to wrap our minds around. Please read what I say cautiously

“Deep calls to Deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.” – Psalm 42:7 Deep Calls to Deep…? I’ve often wondered what the phrase “deep calls to deep” might mean in Psalm 42. We know that it comes to us in the context of someone who