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If you call yourself a student of the Bible,I’m going to want to hearWhat you are puzzling to figure out nextAnd what you’re just dying to knowAnd where you’re pretty sure you haveGotten it wrong in the past.

I can ask a question that would bring the religious world to a screeching halt if it were to give itdue consideration. And no, it’s not about whether God exists; it’s about whether he really answers prayer as he is … Continue reading →

Even the wickedAre in favor of righteousnessWhen it happens to be of benefit to them.But bind their wicked hands withThe cord of righteousnessAnd see how they hate it!

One thing about time is thatIt does run out. There comes a day whenThe long-assumed good intentionBecomes impossible to carry out—When adjustmentsCan no longer be made—When remedies can no longerBe applied—When important thingsCan no longer be said.

He was so sure That the Holy SpiritWas leading him in the thing,Prompting him to act,Making the scriptures clearIn his mind,And driving his conviction—As it had done for the heroesIn Bible times.

What if humans on the wholeWere so dull at thinkingThat God from time to timeHad to create an agitated soulWith a freakish obsession for Identifying and solving puzzles,Just to keep an ember of Enthusiastic cognitionAglow on the Earth?

I notice that I get more supportWhen I am writing to rebukeSome widely-hated evilThan when writing to promoteSome widely-neglected good.

Among the stark and sad realities of this world—Among the hindrances and frustrations thatStand in our way and menace us so—One will surely find his own self.

So, I was wondering:Would if really be so badIf you were to go get some helpAnd actually overcome that obstacle?

His life is woundedBy those times at whichHe abandoned something good—Whether just-begun, long-practiced,Or merely considered-once—Because it was rejectedEither by decree ofHis thoughts orHis emotions.