• Cristina Rossetti is one of my favorite poets, and this is one of my favorite poems.  I recently came across it, written in a journal of mine, [...]

  “Who Shall Deliver Me?”

  May 4, 2013
• “The country was founded on a double standard: “This country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free…….” [...]

  Double Standard

  August 6, 2012
• Scenario 1: A college-age American decides to enlist to serve his/her country.  Family and friends are proud and encourage them.  Flags wave.  [...]

  Two Sacrifices. Two Reactions

  April 16, 2012
• “He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich–both come to poverty.” Proverbs 22:16

  Proverbs for the Powerful

  February 27, 2012

• I, Brian Nicklaus, being of sin-marred mind and ever-wasting-away body, hereby declare my total dependence on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to [...]

  Declaration of Dependence

  February 17, 2011
• Back in the summer, I preached a 5-part series on Sanctification. I still feel it is the most important topic I have preached on in 10+ years of [...]

  Whatever Happened to Santification?

  November 3, 2009