Author Archives: jackpelham

When you put forth a reasonable argument to someone, you’re pretty much assuming they are going to care about reason, and assign some authority to it, submitting themselves to its authority. Frequently, though, we get responses that don’t fall in … Continue reading →

Perhaps greed, envy, lust, pride, and pretenseAll come from the same bentFor wanting what is not rightfully ours. And who can fathom the depthsOf difference it would makeIf all such things were suddenly Removed from the hearts in this world?

I have come to believe that they have Taken the fullness of Jesus’ virtuesAnd split them roughly down the middleInto separate male and female ideals—Aiming for such as if it were the very desireOf their time-honored religionTo be incomplete.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.    And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy    and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8. NIV God—who does not normally show himself—Has put man here on … Continue reading →

I am very sorry, friend, that it was And idiot, tyrant, scoundrel, or hypocriteWho taught you about God—Twisting your view of the matterAnd leaving a deep disgust for it all—

There are the core faults of self—Which are seen in matters Of honesty and rationality And responsibility and love—And then there is that secondary businessOf frustration with others for such faults—To which even Jesus himself succumbed.

What sweet relief when at long lastShe is done with blaming herselfFor not being able to make upFor the failures of others—When finally she hasCalled it like it isIn her heartAnd hasSimplyLet it Be!

I have seen enough to concludeThat I have yet more prideThan a proud man Would realize In himself. And I wonderAt whether I shallEver be emptied of it all,And how I could know if I were.

If America were to wake up tomorrow—Suddenly under the reign Of a righteous and powerful king, Having been charged by God himselfTo set things straight without partiality— And if, by some chance, that king were me—God having somehow figured me … Continue reading →

The righteous person thinksThat the main battleground In the fight between good and evil Lies in his own heart.And he will see to his own righteousness first,No matter the cost. But the unrighteous person is apt to thinkThat the main … Continue reading →