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Show Us the Father
Have I been so long with you,
Yet you still misunderstand?
In the simple walks
When I listened
And you went on so.
In the gazing reverently
Together at sunset.
In the common meal
Which went down so well
'Midst laughter and poking.
In the common cup.
The washings of hand...
STEP SEVEN
Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.
1 Peter 5: 6-9 (N.I.V.)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you, be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around...
STEP EIGHT
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
1 Peter 3:8-12 (N.I.V.)
Finally, all of you live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult...
Of Andrew's Spirit
We have found Him
And know that He is truth
Distilled and pure.
A Certain Spring,
'Though damp and slush
Delay the budding.
A Prince with yarns
Of fields and flowers
And feathered trust.
Unspoiled by gold
Or other trappings
Of convention.
Unmoved by rank...
To Him That Believeth
The note read briefly, "Pastor Keith, may I see you in your study for a few moments at 5:00 P.M. on Monday? Bruce Benton" It had been given to Keith by staff on Monday morning. Dropped into Sunday's collection plate.
Keith had spent a most painful twenty-four...
A Most Needful Message
Keith approached the pulpit, looked at all the familiar faces and gulped:
"Brothers and sisters, I was moved profoundly by something which I read last night about the priesthood of all believers. I am going to speak now from the heart. I love you. I want to see...
“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her public school system and her institutions of learning, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of...
Recently, in a conversation with someone who attends a "non-denominational" church, the question was asked: "Why are priests called 'Father' in your Church? This is not what the Bible teaches! Doesn't Jesus Himself say, 'Call no man on earth your father, for you have one Father who is in...
:preach:
What is True Love in Christ?
M. Rev. Eddie Tatro
My brothers and sisters please take a moment and pray with me. Oh Lord, cleanse the thoughts of my mind and anoint my lips and heart that I may teach Your Word according to your Will. Amen.
I have a question. The question for...
Judah Ben Hur: Release
Jul21 by justhappeneduponthis
Esther had heard Him first
Through those days when
I recovered from
The race, the blood,
The dust, adrenaline and
Massala’s riddled corpse.
The hillside Teacher
With strange words of peace
And new beginnings.
But none of such for me...
Judah Ben Hur: Vengeance
Jul21 by justhappeneduponthis
It had kept me going.
The hate.
The chance to pull through
And see him again,
And kill.
Had he not killed
Everything I treasured
Family, estate, position?
Thrusting me to slave ships,
And my loved ones
To ill-lit lock-ups.
He was a...
The Closet
Nov11 by justhappeneduponthis
Again to be here
When none other might care.
Be the motive of fear
Or of gratitude rare.
I will run to this space
Just to unload my heart;
Yes a quieter place
Set a little apart.
And You come through the gray
In the brilliance of love
And You...
A graduate of TNARS D.Min. program (I am on the staff and teach at TNARS) has penned a nice paperback, Rebels Rescued - A Students Guide to Reformed Theology, on the basics of Reformed theology for a teen-age audience that is available here:
Rebels Rescued: A Student's Guide to Reformed...
Woman, Behold Thy Son
My Jesus tortured! Why?
Oh that a sword should pierce my heart
And rip it from my breast!
My son brought here to die!
A Roman gibbet follows hard
The trial and false arrest.
So few would mourn and cry,
That mercy, boundless reaching love
Should meet such boundless...
The Crumbling Clan
Oct27 by justhappeneduponthis
I can tell you how He helped me.
I can tell you what He said.
I consider each day gifted.
I have lost my greatest dread.
I embrace a broader family.
I have dropped my trust in self.
I am focused on the treasure,
That transcends all earthly...
Rock Wall
In retreat
I felt a shadow at my back.
Lesser space
To dodge oppressers in attack.
Weapons drawn
And creeping forward for the kill.
Spirit drained
And having lost all strength of will,
I hit the wall.
But this stone
Had little ridges for ascent.
Nothing left
But to cling...
Love, Lift, Lighten
In the average church service today the focus goes something like this:
"Listen. Learn. Lunch". It seems of paramount importance to offer instruction in righteousness, with the congregation remaining largely passive, and with the sense of fellowship enhanced by...
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
The disciples marveled at the Master's night-long absences in prayer. He would return seemingly rested the next dawn and prepared with that relaxed calm for any eventuality. They had only seen scholarly rabbis approach a degree of confidence anywhere close. But...
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Wanted: Under-Shepherds
Jun10 by justhappeneduponthis
You are out there.
Really.
Doubting yourself,
Doubting the flesh,
Counting an inventory of hurts
And lesser humiliations.
Forgiving.
Giving.
Rejoicing in
Christ’s ability,
Compassion, wisdom,
Manliness in the...
Only The Shepherd
Such a memorable day
In the pastures of May,
And the brook sparkles
Just past the green.
And the flock is at rest
Where the grazing is best.
And the gambolling
Young can be seen.
On a prominent rise
Where the plover oft’ flies
Seated, handsome and
Strumming his...