Author Archives: jackpelham

Shameless

Even when that woman tells the truth,She’s lying somehow. It is her raison d’être for now—Until her bluff is called andShe becomes the roommate of SatanIn that eternal fire,The existence of which she is not nowWilling to admit.

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Not Only Can the Smart

Not only can the smart personAnticipate the logical implicationsOf a proposition without being told,But he or she can also understandThe authority and importance of the logic.

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Freedoms Squandered

Freedom is always attacked By tyrants and scoundrelsWho have their own uses for mankind.

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Even the Hypocrite

Even the hypocrite can preach against hypocrisy. Just because you heard the sermonAnd found it convictingDoes not mean thatAt the end of the day,You will do well toBe like the preacher.

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Today’s the Day

Today’s the day we’d rather not think about,For if we did, we’d have to face the factThat there is wickedness hereThat far surpasses the vengeanceOf some foreign enemy.

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Jack’s Plans to Start Teaching from Home

IN BRIEF: I plan to start teaching Reality-Based Thinking courses and seminars with live-or-later online offerings, starting later this Fall (2022) or in early 2023. Also, I may begin sometime this Fall taking on local students for beginning guitar, for … Continue reading

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If You Want to Get Anything Good Done

If you want to get anything good done,There’s just no way around havingPeople of good character to do it. Much of our history, ironically, is the story Of people searching for another way—But not finding it—And of lots of people … Continue reading

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Reasons the Boy Can’t Swim

There could be more, but here are two common reasons the boy can’t swim. Nobody ever taught him how. He never figured it out himself.

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Why Can’t We Get It All Right?

It’s a funny thing how we Christians can be gloriously right about the one thing,and still quite wrong about another. One can put his finger on a truth you should have seena thousand times over by now, and still not … Continue reading

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Those Who Don’t Know what Pride Is

Those who don’t know what pride isAre the most likely to unjustly brandOthers with that label. To them, “Pride” simply must beWhat is behind yourDisagreeing with them,Even if God himselfDisagrees with them, too.

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