Author Archives: jackpelham

Among the things thatGod invests into the man Are the copious powersTo care, to imagine,To believe, to learn,And to love as he sees fit.

You do not really know the manUntil you know what he knows.

This is a profile of three Christians and their views about who decided what should be the Bible. These profiles are based on my own observations about people, though they are not designed to mimic any particular persons. And I … Continue reading →

If all those people out there who are Teaching the Bible wrongAre damnable heretics,Then what does that make me when I Get something about the Bible wrong? Is it just a simple error from innocentIgnorance or miscalculation on my part,Where … Continue reading →

It might as well be endless, this body of work left by the ancient Hebrews—now exploded by numerous translations—each done by those who assumed too often that they understood what they were reading—who may have thought it certain that they … Continue reading →

I am in so many waysThe product of my choices—The aggregate of my decisions—And the consequences thereof.

It is regrettable to me in this moment,During which I am trying to relate to youSome new and useful informationFor the quest on which you have set out,That I cannot make you thinkWhile you listen—Or, to put it metaphorically, that … Continue reading →

Was Satan involved in the Cain and Abel story? I think so. Let me show you what I find in the various texts and you can judge for yourself. And you can read my poem about it here if you … Continue reading →

When you hold to a positionThat is demonstrably false,Whether in fact, in logic, or morality—And you know—Or should know,That it is flawed— This is an outcropping—This is a signal—This is an evidence—That you have mismanaged yourself—That you have misstepped in … Continue reading →