Jason Marianna

Jason was a writer for Things Above Us from 2018-2020.
Psalm 34:1-3: “Bless the Lord!”

Psalm 34:1-3: “Bless the Lord!”

Introduction: Toward the end of Book 1 of the Psalms lies Psalm 34; an acrostic Psalm of David written during the time David feigned madness before the Canaanite king Achish. This was during his flight from Saul. David left his dearest friend Jonathan, and his father...

Podcasts you need

Podcasts you need

You need sermons It’s important to not only read the word but have it explained in an understandable way. There's a reason God gave us teachers and preachers. Grace to You – John MacArthur is the undisputed best preacher in the world. Grace to You provides 5 new...

Podcasts: The Why and the How

Podcasts: The Why and the How

I was in my mid-twenties when I found my introverted self driving a Fed Ex truck for 8-10 hours a day. It's not exactly the kind of job that engages one's mind. In fact, while not a bad job, it's quite boring and, with the exception of the occasional customer and...

A Christian View of Immigration

A Christian View of Immigration

What a mess. That, really, is the only way to describe what is happening on the southern border of the United States right now and, frankly, for several decades. In no rational world can the situation there be described as anything other than a complete mess. It is a...

Beth Moore the Broken Clock

Beth Moore the Broken Clock

I suppose I should be thankful for God’s use of Beth Moore. Normally, “thankful for Beth Moore” would cause me great fits of nausea. The woman is, at best, woefully disobedient, and at worst a heretic. She and her all-to-willing-to-cause-trouble quasi-feminist cohorts...

To My Younger Brothers and Sisters

To My Younger Brothers and Sisters

As the American experiment in liberty slowly succumbs to the cancer of a society in love with sin, a new cultural reality has emerged.  Today's world is one that features a rather bitter culture war.  Many conservatives feel their way of life is slipping away and...

Mountains, Molehills, and Dress Shirts

Mountains, Molehills, and Dress Shirts

It's difficult to write about traditionally prickly, and yet non-essential matters without being both divisive and derivative of a particular tradition.  No matter what side of those issues you place yourself, you align with a tradition.  Today's topic, how people...

God, Guns, and Good Government

God, Guns, and Good Government

The world watched in horror what is becoming an all too common scene in America's cultural landscape.  Surely most Americans, Christian or not, were disgusted, angry, heartbroken, and desperate for answers in the wake of this horrific tragedy.  It should not escape...

When the Elect Suffer

When the Elect Suffer

The problem of despair and depression is fundamentally a spiritual problem, even if the world and its systems disagree.  Solutions will be found in Scripture; and when we examine God's inerrant Word we see that God treats these things exactly as we'd expect: a...