Author Archives: jackpelham

I coined the term “Interpretation Neglect” a fear years back so I could talk about how people tend to gloss over the possibility that they could be wrong in the way they’re understanding things. You can see how I define … Continue reading →

OK, please be honest. What kind of person—Knowing nothing of it in advance,And sitting down to read the BibleFor the first time—Would decide at the conclusionThat the proper response to the storyIs to get up and build a holy building?

I have long thought thatWhat we most want to knowAbout the people we meetIs whether they will hurt us.

A man can be wise about this world—Yet not about the next—And those who are like him Will think him wise enough.

You’d not believe that there could beA church upon a fence.But that’s indeed what I saw once,And ain’t forgot it since! A fella had to climb the fenceTo get up to the door.And once inside, choose left or rightSo’s neither … Continue reading →

A man walks the road of life,Caring as he cares along the wayAnd doing as he does—And enjoying the routineAs he may. And if he walks long enough, he willSurely come to a dilemma of the sortWhere the road will … Continue reading →

When you think about it, It makes perfect senseThat there are so many Hypocrites in the churches,Since they do not generallyRun them off. If that’s what floats your boat,What better place could you be?

Can anyone really fathomJust how different would beA world in which there were no greed?

When you really understand something,It makes more sense—Like how some of the stuff you only Thought you understood before didn’t—Except that this is the opposite of that.

It was said that He was a good man,And then it was said thatEverybody liked him.And it was at that pointThat I knew thatAt least one of these thingsMust be false,For even Jesus—As good as he was—Was despised and Rejected … Continue reading →