Author Archives: jackpelham

Just because you can walk up to JesusDoesn’t mean you can long stand with him eye to eye. Just because you present yourself at churchDoesn’t mean you’ve got what it takesTo be invited at length into his eternal home.

Why do some rush to fix Something so great as country,Being yet unwilling to fix even themselves?

You can talk about love all day long,And how God is loveAnd how yours is a loving churchAnd how love is the most important thing, But if your love isn’t The same kind of love as God’s,It’s all a racketAnd … Continue reading →

The problems of this worldAre not, as so many believe,The result of some grand mishap―Something gone terribly wrong―With God preparing to swoop downAny minute now to fix it allAnd put it back like it was.

Some dogs bark because they mean it,And want you dead, or seriously maimed, at least. But other dogs bark simply becauseThey think they’re supposed to. And I’m not so sure I’ve learned entirelyHow to tell the difference.

It is an intriguing fact of the Bible that in no place is God on record as having made any sort of introductory or explanatory statement regarding the nature of the underworld. What can be learned about the nature of … Continue reading →

She does muchBecause there areMany good thingsThat need doing.

I could not tell you what manner of hearsayIs most readily believed in this world,But I can tell you that somewhere highOn the list of candidates should goThe sort of report that says thatThis thing or that is not important,And … Continue reading →

The moral precepts in the Bible are relatively few, while its points of doctrine, and the implications thereof are multitudinous. And the way I see it at this point in my life, we could come close to mastering the former, … Continue reading →

There are three particular things I will not suppose, and one that I will. I dare not suppose I can fully understand from my American home in this “New World” the perspective of those who live in the old country―for … Continue reading →