Author Archives: jackpelham

As I asked him questions about the doctrinal assertion he had made, he said, “I feel like you’re trying to trap me.” But what I was trying to do was to demonstrate, by way of my questions, that he was … Continue reading →

Surely, God could have written us a manualWith precise explanations of everything,So clear as to defy misunderstandingAnd disagreement.

They would, from time to time, look around in puzzlement as to why things weren’t going as well as expected, for they had tried and tried in their camps to be as loving and gracious as inclusive as they could … Continue reading →

Billy may be concerned with righteousness and unrighteousness—even strongly concerned and very vocal about it. But this does not mean that Billy has considered the righteousness/unrighteousness of as many things as God has considered. And it doesn’t mean that Billy … Continue reading →

Such peace comes at lastFrom setting a thingIn proper order.

I have always loved the wilderness,Where this ruckus of society isMore often remembered than heardAnd where man-made thingsSeem quite the inferiorsTo the God-made. And having taken only lately to reflecting deeplyOn the ways of that grand Lady Patience—who, I must … Continue reading →

He thinks that Bible study is: He goes to the trouble to do these things, but will not go to the trouble of giving a passage due contemplation himself. He’s not listening to the scriptures. He’s busy trying to play … Continue reading →

1 When God began to create heaven and earth—2 the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water—3 God said, “Let there be light”; and there … Continue reading →

With a tone that showed her puzzlement, and perhaps a bit of apology, along with something else on which he could not quite put his finger at first, she admitted to him, “I just don’t know why anybody would want … Continue reading →

As he shuns that particular virtue called patience— Thinking that while it might be nice to stop and get it,He cannot afford any delay in his valiant quest to Get on with the important business of life— He has no … Continue reading →