Author Archives: jackpelham

The humble man will not think he’s got it madeIn advance of that meeting where God Has his say-so on this very question,For he will already know most of his sins, and that God has every right to refuse anyone … Continue reading →

By what manner of delusion does she thinkThat the Jesus who was so often angry in the Bible,Is never mad today at any believer for his incorrigibility?

The novice twists a truth and his deceit is quickly laid bare by the investigator. But the veteran of wickedness twists a thousand truths, so as to overwhelm those who would try to sort it all out. To the disproof … Continue reading →

Why should any person want to chain himself to a theological system, which has predecided for him individual items of doctrine that he has no intention of learning/studying/mastering for himself? What’s the motivation here? If it’s important, why not look … Continue reading →

He rejects the fruit of the Spirit in several ways,Including that he has no patience for studying the scripturesThat God had delivered to his generation,Yet he expects the self-same Spirit to grant him understandingOf those same scriptures.

He fights against the evil that’s in your heart,But not against the evil that’s in his own.

If you are like many, you will reject some lies,Sometimes even daring to stand up in frontOf your fellow man and call the lies out. And if you are like many, you will doSuch rejecting and calling out—Even as you … Continue reading →

If you listen to a group discussion—especially about a controversial topic—and I mean really listen, like you had to write it all down just right all by yourself—what you’ll likely be hearing, whether you can get your head around it … Continue reading →

I see in Christian circles a good deal of talk about empathy these days, and in that discussion, I think I perceive a wide movement that’s conflating excusing with forgiving. Here’s what I mean: Jesus says this about forgiveness in … Continue reading →

Is it wrong to think that a person is obligated to live as God has obligated all humans to live? Is it wrong to remind him of the same and to hold him to it?