Author Archives: jackpelham

I helped him get his shackles off,But as it turned out,He put them back on—Preferring the routines of slaveryTo the uncertainties of self-determination.

I’m convinced that God wants us to improve ourselves. He has set our lives in this beautiful/ugly world, where we may acquire knowledge and skill of many kinds, and where we have daily opportunities to invest ourselves in good and … Continue reading →

He is sinister who trades in false hope,And yet, the world beats a path to his door.Just watch them.They cannot get enough of his catnip. I have seen them walk right around true hope—The wisdom of the ages—To get to … Continue reading →

So many stop far short Of what Jesus had in mind. They are not listening.

Why the drive to “grow this city?” Is it because it makes us better people? Does it make us more honest or honorable or loving? No. It’s because it creates a bigger market in which to make money. And while … Continue reading →

It’s the rare human who decidesThat he is unwilling both to Believe or to assertAnything that is untrue.

Some never really learn to love Truth.They keep their guard upFor fear that Truth Might tell them thingsThey are still unwilling to hear. Even though Truth has saved themA million times,They still will not trust her inAll matters.

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.

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.

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