Author Archives: jackpelham

Do the negligent have any advantage in religionThat they don’t have in mundane mattersSuch as concern civics or agriculture?

The real Jesus expects his followers to stop sinning, whereas the fake Jesus only expects them to keep believing that he is Lord and that he died for their sins. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you. John 5:14. … Continue reading →

Sorry, buddy, but there comes a time when—Even though you’ve been hurtAnd you’re not feeling wellAnd you’ve got your own issues and triggers—We’ve got to face the fact that your sin life—Complicated as it may be by these things—Rests firmly … Continue reading →

There are those who count themselvesDeliberately the nicest sortAnd who think it a grave sinTo confront another human about his sins.

Kay and I were watching Suits, where it was said that character Harvey Specter was hated by many of the other attorneys in the law firm because “he’s always right”. Huh?

What good have we really doneWhen we rail against the hypocrisy of othersAnd yet play the hypocrite ourselves?

Man was to be judgedAccording to how he would behaveConcerning God,Concerning the angels,Concerning other men, andConcerning the animals.

We are planted in this GreenhouseTo grow in righteousness,Yet from the moment we sprout, the others Start saying that it’s up to usTo decide what it’s all about.

The moment he figures out thatHe has met someone smarter than him,His heart sinks a bit, in recognitionThat he himself should be smarter.

Not every true thing is conveniently obvious. And even so, large numbers of people may well operate on the assumption that all true things are—or should be—obvious. It is a common overestimation of human capability, often based on the assumption … Continue reading →