Author Archives: jackpelham

The market desperately wantsUs to consider it a friendWhile it continues toConsider us suckers. It will never have its fillOf its artifice and schemeWhich is, at the very bestOne of wanton neglect.

While there are indeed some contrasts between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, it is a grave mistake of hermeneutics to assume that they will differ at every point of doctrine. I do believe that they have much more … Continue reading →

How curious that a manCan be willing to do a thingAnd yet not be willing to be it—That he will commit to it outwardlyAnd even for impressive periods of time And yet not love it with all his inner being—And … Continue reading →

We will take the empty young manWho knows nothing and has no wisdomAnd we will fill him up To bursting with pompousnessWith the vacuous ideasThat since we have put him up frontThat must mean that he is Knowledgeable and wise … Continue reading →

I’m going to do my best to keep this short, as I just want to put a couple of thoughts out there without composing the volumes of supporting ideas that should eventually go with it. So here’s my main point: … Continue reading →

My church may not be perfect—It may have its shortcomings and flaws—It may have its errors and bad habitsAnd its imperfect leaders—And even some of its sinsSwept under the carpet—

As well as it is obeyedOne might think it had been God himselfWho forbade thinking about what we sayAnd do and teach and believe at church.