Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (ESV) This article is my attempt to follow Colossians 3:16 without the singing part. This verse was w[...]
Archive for April, 2008
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in apologetics
Colossians 3:16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in main story, narrative
Confessions of a sex-crazed Christian: the non-adventures of a 25-year-old virgin
Sex. I love sex! It’s constantly on my mind. Sex, sex, sex, all day long, baby! Oh yes, you know what I’m talking about. There’s nothing better. Sex is sooo good, I just gotta have it! … I really wish I had it. So there’s my plight, which is the same plight as the vast [...][...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Six miles to Sinai
The butcher boy lays down his blunted blade for the day. the sun and her moon will keep the divine drumbeat heart Cowhands and middleaged housewives echo inside him: the language is American. mother’s tongue will speak the words of the Son Montana’s soil has nourished her boy. His life w[...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Nightmare inside my body
Every nerve raw, Like a candle burned down to its wick Stores of sugar evaporated. Crashing onto my bed, Limbs melting into my comforter Listening to my own cadenced breathing Grabbing the canteen of sugar and caffeine crystals, Feeding my empty belly Electrifying my blood stream. I lay my head on m[...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in closing remarks
Naming the magazine and a benediction
Believe it or not, developing a name for this magazine was perhaps the hardest part in the process of its creation, although deciding on this beautiful font you’re reading was almost as difficult. Just take a moment to appreciate the smooth serifs showing just the right amount of dignity without a[...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
To Newton, the Forerunner
“There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.” Mark 1:7 Our ordered world’s a light and drafted slate (Though empty cold envelops even hope): The leaping photon’s joy at birth connotes The curling scum about the [...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in opening remarks
Challenging your beliefs
St. Paul writes in his 1st letter to Corinth, “if only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” If I am wrong about who Jesus is, I am wrong at the expense of my entire life. If I am right, then I am charged with [...][...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in apologetics
Grace Through Faith: Justification As the Means to the Irresistible
Though I should expect nothing from my reader, I would nonetheless like to make one request – please approach my article in good faith, as I am treading novel ground. While not my first attempt at articulating a reasoned theological position within the context of the Reformed Tradition, my analyse[...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Seasons
Since the only sound In the forest is laughter, I know it’s winter In man Deified In God crucified, the way Up and down are one Earth trembles beneath Gentle rain I keep inside Rough and sturdy hands, I shudder under Summer lightning destroying Her eternal peace The only sure things In life: d[...]
April 22nd, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in apologetics
Why theology?
A professor of a popular class begins the first day of the semester with the “obvious” assertion that the Bible can’t be true or consistent. At the same time, a campus Bible study will pledge their allegiance to the Word of God and its infinite wisdom. What gives? After all, both groups would [...]