Life Center of Brandon

10/21/2024

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08/05/2022

“A son, grandson, brother, friend, and fellow midshipman has been taken from us. This is a hardship that I have never felt before, a pain deeper than any I have experienced in my fifty-two years.” - Chad L. Bird

On Saturday, July 16, Luke Gabriel Bird died in a hiking accident in Chile. He was a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy. He is our son. Here are some reflections on his life, his faith, and his Lord.

07/28/2022

The Pro-Life position is not necessarily religious or christian.
Unborn people have allies from all portions of society.

“The vast majority of biologists—even most pro-choice biologists—affirm a human life begins at fertilization.”

If you haven’t already, you should really read Biologists’ Consensus on ‘When Life Begins’, a dissertation by Steve Jacobs out of the University of Chicago. This blog post is going to be long, so here’s the summary: Most Americans think “When does human life begin?” is an important que...

03/18/2022

Merciful and mighty God, send down your power from on high to quench the rage of war.

Burn up the fuel of aggression, destroy all lying tongues, suppress the profits of violence, and, because no one is without sin, unveil our own complicity.

Bear up the broken and defend them under the wings of your protection, and send the strong peace that comes from above to heal all wounds, relieve all griefs, and set all peoples free, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. - Angela Tilby

03/09/2022

An interview with writer-director Chris White, who strove to make his musical comedy about a Christian hair-metal band something other than a “Jesusy TED talk.”

02/28/2022

Join us in prayer for Ukraine!

A special prayer for the people of Ukraine.Plus, a look at John 12:23-24 and how the glory of God is seen in Jesus' death, resurrection and forgiveness for a...

01/25/2022

On the cross with Jesus issuing forth his royal decree, “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do,” is where we find the kingdom of God, its King, and the nature of Christ’s rule on earth: forgiveness. It is at the cross of disfiguration far more than at the Mount of Transfiguration that we find God in Christ ruling through grace, mercy, truth, peace, and love.

If we think God’s power, love and beauty are reserved merely for the glories of Transfiguration, then we have not understood the Father; we have not understood divine revelation.

01/14/2022

The more mature in Christ you become, the less mature you will feel. Growth in Christ brings an increasing awareness of your sinfulness. The peace of God passes this disturbing awareness, but it does not replace it. In other words, you get to debate with the Apostle Paul about who is chief of sinners (1 Tim. 1:15). - Steven A. Hein, The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?

01/11/2022

We live in a culture that celebrates strength, power, winning, and self-accomplishment. This can easily bleed-over into our spiritual thinking as we find ourselves feeling like we must have it all together, living some less-than-real version of the “victorious Christian life.” Without knowing it, we end up faking it with ourselves and others, even acting as though we were the ones who chose a victorious God. But the late Gerhard Forde reminds us that we losers are not choosers. In fact, our only claim to fame is that we have been claimed by a God who is consistently drawn to losers!

Our only claim to fame is that we have been claimed by a God who is consistently drawn to losers!