Author of A Time To Kill
O the consternation Off one sitting in contemplation:The things left undoneWhile on the runChasing duties ’til the sunFalls down below the horizonAnd then, even beyondThose duties thwarted by cutiesComes the reminderThat all will be talliedWhen sinners are ralliedBefore the One who cameBearing all the shameOf the those He madeFallen into the shadeOf rebellion and prideAnd […]
We worship moments in time Memories, places, pictures sublime. Yet it is we, who were created. The Maker is our worship owed Throughout our days in this abode. The lust for things of earth Spinning before us since birth Has no place of import, Driving us to abort, Weed to smoke and coke to snort. […]
Back in the days of WW II, and following, there were those who denied that the murder of Jews actually took place! What buffoons! What ignoramuses! What liars! Ah but the human condition – or the prevalence of the same kinds of people in the population – has not changed. We have those of the […]
Thanks Be to God! He “hardens hearts” – that are already bent against Him (as are all “natural” hearts since the fall in Adam). He did not pervert that which was already perverted by Adam’s rebellion! And neither did He make hard that which was “soft” – and receptive and obedient and holy and righteous! […]
Huh! “Woke”? The “Hip!” of the 60s Up to date, morally tuned, “Enlightened” “Progressive” “On top of it” “Cool” A fresh expression To refer to the alleged prophetic, Wise, insightful person (Well, those who follow His Word Are “Woke”! No joke.) We are “woke” to His Word And by His Word we – The people […]
Whether you lost a child by “natural” miscarriage or whether you mistreated your child in desperation or selfishness and committed an “abortion,” there is hope for you found in the words of God recorded by Moses. In the book which has come down to us as “Deuteronomy” there is hope in the “life to come” […]
It is a word from the pre-Christian Greek world. And it is a window in the barbarism of that world. The titular word – “ekthesis” – is defined by Liddell and Scott in their classic Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (seven editions as of 1975) as follows: “a putting out, exposing, of a child” – and the […]
(Encouragement for those singles out there) Moved by a puckHe was urgentTo find the ladyHe knewCould bring himThe joy of a lifetimeOnce in the marital room.He searched high and lowRight, left and below.No terrain he wouldNot attempt.And as he went onThe thought did dawn:The woman he chasedWas not worthy!Noble enough was heBut no better was […]
The “Woke” folk Like the hippies before them The Godless left Are all quite bereft Of that Standard. That Law from God Takes us from the sod From which all came To death’s great maw And raises us again Even saves us From sin and death. Oh the corruption And His interruption Of the course […]
She was an ambitious girlAnd I, condescending,Took up her pleasAnd we did marry.On we went from my stageTo stage children aplentyAnd many were the blessingsThey brought us.But much holier is sheThan the pious “me.”Set apart was IFor His business – the Word.She took up the call to unionOf man and woman for life,That office of […]