Author Archives: jackpelham

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.” Jeremiah 5:1. NIV How could … Continue reading →

As I ponder the difficulties of translating the Bible documents from their original languages, two particular ones come to mind: In the first, you have to render it somehow; you can’t just leave it blank. And how unsettling that must … Continue reading →

The man himself sinsBut blames it on SatanOr on the pressures he’s facingOr on his bad mood or his fatigueOr on the difficult behavior of those around himOr on the bad circumstances of the dayOr on the abuses from his … Continue reading →

The ambitious sort who does not love the truth or the people, wants things like money and power and prestige. And for this, he needs customers, whom he attempts to gain by way of offering goods or services of value. … Continue reading →

Some people are so desperateTo get what they wantThat they are even willingTo resort to the truth on occasion.

It will happen sometime that life throws you The surprisingest struggle, unlike your normal trials.It will blindside you with its difficulty and perplex youWith the severity of the moods it casts upon you—Even to the point where you begin to … Continue reading →

First it tried to kill him in the slaughter of the innocents. And though that failed, things were tolerable for a time—Until he started preaching and doing mighty worksThat proved he was really something.

Some get so busy with lovingThat they never take the timeTo make sure they have got it just rightAnd are doing it as Jesus would have done.

Life’s big events happen on one timelineAnd the reckoning of them on another—The latter being often the more important,For I do believe we were put here Both to learn and to decide.

It’s easy to underestimate the difference between the person who tries to do what’s right and the person who always tries to do it! Here are some brief observations from my time on Planet Earth so far: