Author Archives: jackpelham

Well, here goes my first transmission after having quit reading and posting to Facebook for the rest of this year. I have long been in the habit of posting here, and then putting links and excerpts on Facebook for my … Continue reading →

Think on how it is that people are born into this God-created world,And are in a constant state of possibility regardingWhether they might care to love and honor God or not.

He is careful to warn me that the only proper motivation for good works is the gratitude for the great grace bestowed upon us by Jesus. To do them for any other cause, he cautions―such as duty or obligation or … Continue reading →

It’s not that the time I’ve spent on this Earth so farHas been wholly without its bright spots, mind you,But I must say that had it all been left to me,I would much rather have done the workOf making bigger … Continue reading →

The big lie says that those who have been harmed by this world deserve special latitude when harming others―that those having been cheated deserve to cheat, and those having been lied to deserve to lie, and those having been betrayed … Continue reading →

What the well-established menace to society requires this to thrive is this: His own will to violate the good order of the society must exceed the combined will of the rest to maintain that order. Thus does the one man’s … Continue reading →

The problem with that question on the board was not that it wasn’t excellent; it was that it was the teacher’s question, and not our own. We were not asking it; she was.

About once a year or so, I’ll have a chat with somebody about religion, to which his or her response is an enthusiastic outburst about how, surely, his or her pastor and I would get along just great.

He ventured to mention some doctrines he wanted me to believe. So, naturally, I raised some questions and objections to what he was saying. But confidently, he promised he would bring me a book that spells it all out in … Continue reading →

The churches are packed with millions and millions of members who should not be there, according to Jesus. They are not the sort to repent of their sins, and should have been confronted about it and put out a long … Continue reading →