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If they can offend you with the truth,Something is twisted inside you. Indeed, why would the truth Not be a blessing to you?

You cannot know how all the facts fit together until you know all the facts. Therefore, you should know this about yourself: Your brain has faculties for making sense from the information it has. It can fill in the gaps, … Continue reading →

Suppose a man just wanted to talk. Suppose he wanted to explore the world in conversation with others and get into the deep things of life—the wisdom of the ages. But suppose he lived in a culture where, for whatever … Continue reading →

Of a thousand injustices that happen on our watch,We may perceive but a few—Even while thinking ourselves keen watchmenAnd being fiercely adamant about some of them.

There is nothing about the BibleThat keeps the fools away.You’ll find them in the pewsAnd pulpits alike, making their own useOf what it says and doesn’t say,As if they had every bit as much rightTo do that as the wise … Continue reading →

When I read the Bible,I see the story of a fewWho were listening to GodAnd of many who were not—Some of whom kept insisting they were,Even as God disagreed—Which just goes to show they weren’t.

Much hinges on how a Christian would answer these questions: Is there a difference between how God would judge an unbeliever who commits murder and a believer who commits murder? If so, what’s the difference, and why is there one?

Watch the ones Who don’t seem to thinkThey can abide by the same rulesAs does everyone else. Do not everLet them be in chargeOf anything.

Is there any evil so great that America would surely rise up And destroy it? If so, I don’t knowWhat that would be,For I have seen all mannerOf wickedness tolerated here,With no sign that it will beEnded anytime soon.

In the compromised versions of Christianity, it is fashionable to believe that none but Jesus alone could be good. Yet here’s a man that Jesus himself endorsed as honest. John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, … Continue reading →