Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

October, 2023

Forgiveness

Always available, but when applied? Upon confession and repentance: An important condition for its application. The blood of Christ is not accessed otherwise. (He may, indeed, sovereignly apply His gift To anyone He chooses at any time, of course.) So for us cognizant and conscientious folks, We are behooved to focus upon the turn And […]

On Vague Political Rhetoric

Indeed do politicians speak in ambiguous terms That they may be more “comprehensive” in their reach,That others their positions they may teach.Yea, to an audience more receptive to their positionsSo that at the voting booth they may make decisionsCompatible with the policies they do advocateWhich has little to do with love or with hateBut with […]

Get the Savior

(For Misinformed  Friends) Got some pain in your brain?Might be absence from the Son.Yeah, there are Three in One!Don’t get stuck on some other god,Whether that of a Russell Witness,The wrong Way of a Wierville WayistOr the alluring song of a Smithy Mormon.Yes, indeed, forever They were together,Sharing love as Subject, Object, and WitnessEternally before […]

A Genuine Sinner

Yeah, I’m a genuine sinner, More concerned about my dinner Than the locale of an eternal soul. (Like some soup in a bowl,I treat another person’s “fate.”)Am I about love or hate?!Do I care about the one going down?More than a “smirky” frown?If there is a salvation worth declaring,They why am I so erring,Failing to […]

The Road to Reformation

Is anarchy worse than the establishment of injustice?Not if it is a means to an end!The road to reformation sometimes takes some winds,And it may seem like a miserable path to nowhere.But if the goal is kept in sight and the road is walkedWith steady conviction and devotion to justice,The path, though rough, can be […]

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