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15:20, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth, Part 4 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Blind and lame, the old man drew The blanket close and clutched the shoe That he held in his lap, and sat Beside his faithful son. And at The back the boy rode bumping ...) (top)
15:17, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}When David woke, he was surprized To see old Boaz energized, And waiting for the boy to wake. The old man couldn't see or make His feet tread where his mind said, Go.<b...) (top)
15:12, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}"Grampa, when I put my three sheep Down in the fold tonight to sleep, Can you stay here, and tell me more About great gramma Ruth before I go to bed? Naomi said, Bec...) (top)
15:08, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}"My daddy lets me watch three sheep Beside the mill; and if I keep Them safe, and make them fat, he said That next year I'd get five instead. ‘If you can keep your th...) (top)
15:05, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Rahab ‎ (New page: {{info}}Her velvet sleeves lay motionless And limp against the scarlet dress. A half-said word hung still and thin Between her frozen lips, and in The distance she could hear t...) (top)
15:03, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Prodigal's Sister, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Four nights they walked, and slept by day. Beneath the Carob branches lay The daughter fast asleep from hard And weary nights; and keeping guard Beside her, lay the pro...) (top)
14:59, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Prodigal's Sister, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The old man leaned against the beam Beside his ramp, and watched a dream Unfold before his weakened eyes, And prayed that Hahyaneta's prize Would be her brother's life....) (top)
14:56, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Prodigal's Sister, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}It has been ten years since the Prodigal Son left everything he knew – his home, his sister, his older brother, and his father. And now the prodigal’s sister intends to fulfill...) (top)
14:52, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pilate's Wife, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Six years had passed since Pilate sold His soul for Caesar's praise, and told The crowds, "I find no fault in this S...) (top)
14:36, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pilate's Wife, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}She knew that he was teaching in The Temple court all week. There'd been Reports to Pilate that the crowds Were seething with unrest, and clouds Of rage were gathering ...) (top)
14:33, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pilate's Wife, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The wife of Pontius Pilate hid Her trembling hands and did What she had done a dozen times Before. Her husband's deadly crimes Against the Jews had made her face Wel...) (top)
14:28, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Peter, Ananias, and Sapphira ‎ (New page: {{info}}There in a lonely field, unsold, The graves were only hours old Where Ananias and his wife Lay dead, because the breath of life, Once freely given by their God, As f...) (top)
14:25, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Peter & John ‎ (New page: {{info}} ===== An Advent Meditation at the Lord's Table ===== ''These two great apostles and friends reunite after years of separation in the ministry of the gospel. As they remini...) (top)
14:21, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Paul's Face, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Paul looked at Silas, smiled the kind Of half-smile Silas loved, inclined His head toward Timothy, and said, “The best is yet to come. I dread To make my friend sit ...) (top)
14:16, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Paul's Face, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Paul turned the right side of his face Into the dark and took the case He carried in his cloak, and found The linen napkin folded ’round The little flask of oil, wher...) (top)
14:11, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Paul's Face, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The lantern cast a shadow dim Across Paul’s face and covered him, As if just half a man, with light On his left side. He kept the right Side of his face turned to the...) (top)
14:08, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Paul, Malach, and Talitha ‎ (New page: {{info}}Paul stood above the screaming din Outside the Roman barracks in Jerusalem, as angry Jews Cried out “Away with him!” The news That he was being beaten near The ...) (top)
14:04, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Old Anna ‎ (New page: {{info}}At eighty-four her eyes were dim. In Israel the days were grim. The Roman overlords would spit Upon the temple steps and sit Across the court and watch the priest On...) (top)
14:02, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Noah ‎ (New page: {{info}}Old Noah stroked his beard and sat Among his sons like stone. "What's that?" They asked. "There in your lap, the bark." But Noah let the evening dark Grow thick before ...) (top)
13:59, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Nebuchadnezzar, Part 4 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Abednego and Meshach winced With Daniel when the monarch rinsed His guilty hands with water from The bowls of Nebo, then put some On each eyelid to symbolize His tea...) (top)
13:56, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Nebuchadnezzar, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}} (The original of this poem is entitled, "Shadrach's Sacrifice." It was read on November 28, 1993) The moon was full and ashen-white, Like death. And in its borrowed li...) (top)
13:52, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Nebuchadnezzar, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The night was never peaceful for The king of Babylon. Before The blood-red harvest moon each year, Before that night, he felt more fear Than any other month. That nig...) (top)
13:48, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Nebuchadnezzar, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}} ==== Introduction to the Nebuchadnezzar Cycle ==== For 25 years one of my joys has been to write and read an advent poem each Sunday of Advent for the people of Bethlehem. The p...) (top)
13:27, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Naaman's Servant Girl ‎ (New page: {{info}}"Grandma." "Yes, Sarah." "Mamma told Me once about how very bold You were when you were nine or ten, And how a mob of Syrian men Stole you away from home at night. S...) (top)
13:23, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Mother of Moses ‎ (New page: {{info}}"Tonight he will be spared again," She thought, "And this time it is men Of Egypt, not the infant boys Of Jacob who will choke the joys Of wives and mothers when they d...) (top)
13:21, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Moses ‎ (New page: {{info}}A hundred-twenty years the friend Of God! Heart flaming to the end. And in the crystal eyes a fire From what he'd seen of God's Desire. An unabated strength of soul ...) (top)
13:18, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Miriam and Moses ‎ (New page: {{info}}"My God, Moses, the girl is black!" The end of Miriam's attack Made Moses wince and set his jaw Like stone to guard his tongue with law, And hold his peace, if somehow ...) (top)
13:13, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Mary Magdalene, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Now almost thirty years had passed Since Mary stood like stone, aghast At suffering so great there were No words, no tears, no screams for her To use but what would see...) (top)
13:08, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Mary Magdalene, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The town of Magdala beside The sea could boast the pride Of second place in Herod's heart After Tiberias. Apart From all its fishing fame, A story fastened to its na...) (top)
13:06, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lydia ‎ (New page: {{info}}They called it Turkey Red along The Lycus River bed. And strong Men pushed their poles against the mud To guide their boats and gather blood Red cloth from Thyatira for...) (top)
13:02, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Justified ‎ (New page: {{info}}''The Thief on the Cross'' It was as though a thousand layers Of fraud and murder and affairs, Each wrapped around his shrinking heart, And hard as steel, had come apart....) (top)
12:59, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Judas, My Son (original 1993) ‎ (New page: {{info}}For generations without shame Iscariot had been a name In Kirioth that everyone Could trust, until the only son Of Simon came of age and broke His father's heart. Th...) (top)
12:55, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Judas, My Son ‎ (New page: {{info}}For generations without shame Iscariot had been a name In Kirioth that everyone Could trust, until the only son Of Simon came of age and broke His father's heart. Th...) (top)
12:53, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 4 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Less than a month had passed since they Returned from Canaan where they lay Their father Jacob in the cave Of Machpelah, and made the grave Of Abraham complete. Three w...) (top)
12:37, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The locks were checked, the bread was slid Beneath the doors, the keys were hid Where only Joseph and the head Of Pharaoh's prison knew. The red And golden rays of dusk...) (top)
12:34, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}For one last time the boy stood by The woods of Hebron to reply, If only by the stillness of A grateful heart for all the love, And good, and favor he had known, Now...) (top)
12:32, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The single lamp would flicker in The late-night draft, and kiss the thin Unconscious face of Dinah on Her fevered cheek until the dawn, While Joseph watched and prayed ...) (top)
12:29, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph of Arimathea, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}When all of Joseph's tears were spent, And all the secret love, long pent Behind the bars of fear, was loosed, And, like a swelling flood, reduced This polished noblema...) (top)
12:25, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph of Arimathea, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The evening sky behind the cross Was crimson as if all the loss Of blood from Jesus' veins had spread Across the heavens like a red Stain lifted from the earth. The Lor...) (top)
12:22, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Hosea's father let the boy Return to Jonah's place. The joy The lad brought home was so much more Than he had ever shown before, His father felt he couldn't hold Him...) (top)
12:15, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The first to gather, as the sun Went down next afternoon, was one Brave lad who hadn't learned the tales Of Jonah's life. For him, like scales Fresh falling from his ey...) (top)
12:12, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The son of Amittai was old, And his gray-bearded face was fold On fold of furrows, from his brow Down to his neck, as if a plow Had carved and harrowed in his skin (...) (top)
12:09, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John the Baptist ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> ''John the Baptist is in Herod's jail cell, all alone, in pain with one eye gouged out, when the doubts strike. With faint music from the banquet hall in the distance...) (top)
12:04, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John Mark, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Not far beyond Gethsemane, And bending toward the barren sea, Beyond the Kidron Valley, lay The "Hills of Hope," the name, they say, That Peter gave to Joseph's field<b...) (top)
12:00, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John Mark, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}John Mark sat by the winter flames In Ephesus with little James And Mary on the floor in front Of him, and watched the children hunt For words to ask why tears ran down...) (top)
05:50, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Authority and Nature of the Gift of Prophecy ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 2:14-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem...)
05:40, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Are Signs and Wonders for Today? ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 4:29-31''' </blockquote> (Also available in Dutch) <blockquote> "And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word w...)
05:31, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Does the Slaughter of the Amorites Mean? ‎ (New page: {{info}}To understand what was happening when the people of Israel stormed the cities of Canaan and slaughtered their inhabitants, we need to go back about 500 years. In Genesis 15:13, 16 ...) (top)
05:25, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Awakenings Have Accomplished ‎ (New page: {{info}}Jonathan Edwards, who lived 250 years ago and is regarded as one of America's greatest thinkers, was ablaze for God. He was God's instrument in bringing about the First Great Awake...)
05:21, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Jesus Did After the Beginning ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 1:1-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up...) (top)

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