Four Poems

The Wrestler of Kettering

(In memory of Calvinistic Baptist theologian and pastor Andrew Fuller, who was a wrestler in his youth)

A cub grappled on the mat of his youth became a pen-wrestler for the truth, a lion in the pulpit, den, and desk ready to roar for a faith he'd confess.

Cubs of Sozzini and Glas roared as well, you may notice that, but the truth they couldn't quell; the Lord sent Fuller to the mat.

Disappearing Comfort

Sometimes comfort beguiles you with its smiles and it takes you by the hand and leads you on in wiles tricking you into thinking you can stand alone.

Sometimes comfort grows wings in your very time of need uprooting you like a weed thrashing roughly about with the bruised reed.

Sometimes comfort's machinations may last for a time but, alas, before long by the next trial disappeared are it's lofty promises.

Accomplished and Applied

Redemption. Accomplished. And applied. John Murray wrote this gem in 1955.

Ends at page 192. On the Atonement. it goes through Necessity. Nature. Perfection. Extent.

Redemption. Accomplished by Christ. Applied in progression. To the life of the redeemed.

Thank you, Eerdmans for this great book of theology, a must-read work of soteriology.

Creature-Creators and The Creator

(Inspired by Edith Schaeffer's book The Art Of Homemaking)

Man was created to create creativity comes out at his fingertips; the one who was formed in the image of God, images and imagines many things.

God, whose image is reflected in man, is a great Sculptor. We, created in His image, are inspire to become producers of and responders to the lovely, beautiful, and precious.

The difference between mortal creator-creatures and the Creator God is that mere mortals always create from preexistant matter with limited talent, energy, time, and choices. And so, creaturely creators, do live by the sweat of the brow.

So different is the Triune God He can create ex-nihlo out of nothing. He is infinite and eternal, and He is the only unlimited creator.