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Okay, these aren't Christian poems. But I think they are unobjectionable, and kids like them. Grown ones also tend to like them, as well. However, if found objectionable for the forum, a Mod may delete the post with no hard feelings on my part. The Bandimals by HWatts Mr. Frog plays...

Thank you kindly. My "tough room" remark was a product of my surprise that no one "liked" any of the three poems I posted. Out of that many views I usually get a few. So while I wasn't trolling for accolades - I'm not quite that grandiose - I guess I am guilty of trolling for "likes." LOL...

Tough room.

Cycles (sestina) by HWatts When Old Man Winter finally takes up his oaken cane and - limping - leaves, then showered Spring arrives to bless the furrowed plots this season to be cultured. Time repeats its old familiar cycle of rebirth in sounds of music wafting through the natural terrain, a...

Dry As Bone (villanelle) by HWatts The fields are all sown, the men all are home; the congregation prays for rain. They sing out a song for god on his throne. Now days are so long, our nights soon so gone; the congregation lays the blame. The fields are all sown, the men all are home. The...

Dust to Dust by HWatts I am but dust with feet of molded clay, sprung from the ground as surely as my food. And destined to return there some fine day. Why then speak of evil, or of good? I sing of life and love, of longing lust, sprung from the heart as surely as my blood. And fated to...

I believe that bible study, as I (we?) once knew it growing up, has declined to a practice of the very few. When the subject of study arises - for instance, last week my three-visits-per-week nurse aid asked me if I knew a lot about the bible because she had questions - so I asked her a simple...

I can't speak for all, obviously, but I consult my bible for answers, and no sect's interpretations of what it means. The latter may be helpful sometimes, but not so much in this case. So I'll bow out here with the suggestion that you consult your bible and decide for yourself if the church's...

He is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.

Jesus is the only way. Any religion, any sect of Christianity that doesn't acknowledge Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior has completely erred. Those who never heard of Jesus, God judges or forgives based on seeing their inner 'heart.'

And such were some of us. Most of us, I'm guessing, were once wishy-washy youth - bless those who weren't. Some of us still are, and some are wishy-washy codgers. Some seeds will fall on poor ground, and some who sow have ulterior motives, even some had in Paul's day. Yet some seeds, even...

LOL. New guy posts to old thread with more than 135,000 posts already. I'd not have done so if paying attention. I'm certain to have nothing new to add to this thread.

My NAS includes "You" in John 5:39. So do many other translations.

So Abraham believed God about his heirs, but this was only proved true when he offered Issac to be sacrificed. I'm uncertain about this. Abraham had left his home in another land, taking wife, nephew, herds and people he'd acquired to leave the place where he'd prospered to go where he did not...

Definitely not. Jesus saves. Not religion. Not even the Christian religion. The Lord does the saving. You'll have to ask Him who He will forgive and who He won't - no man can answer. Most certainly not me.

You know, reading threads and getting a feel for a site new to one. Usually referred to as lurking, since watching and not commenting. However, I've never been good at lurking, and have already begun posting...

The law was given so that we may understand how far we fall short of it, so we could better understand the gift of forgiveness we receive undeservedly in Christ Jesus. Law condemns, Jesus saves. Jesus told Jewish religious leaders that they searched the scriptures because they thought that in...

You can tell a tree by its fruit. When I see all the hospitals begun by Catholics, Baptists, Methodists and other Christian believers, I see tons of fruit. Think I'm satisfied to let God do the judging, while I struggle to live up to Jesus' two-part reply to the question of what constitutes...

New guy. Haven't even gotten the feel of this site by lurking yet. Hopefully I can manage to keep my feet out of my mouth in the meantime.