Fear and the Messiah Read Isaiah 11:1-5 “He will delight in the fear of the Lord.” —Isaiah 11:3 In C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Susan and Lucy were preparing to meet Aslan, the Christ-figure in the Narnia series, for the very first time. “Is he quite safe?” Susan asked. “I… Read More »

A Call to Fear the Lord Read Psalm 33:1-9 A rich French horn call opens one of my favorite classical music pieces, Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. As the horn call rises, the piano’s notes meet it in the air, and we are drawn into the beautiful first movement. That’s how a good… Read More »