Posted in Limerick, poem, worship, tagged angels, Are you wheat? Do you for Christ glow?, Canada, church, eastern Ontario, harvest time, Kingston, pastoring, Pilgrim Holiness, separate good from the bad, tares and wheat, tares to be burned, together grow on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The tares and wheat together grow,
At harvest time angels will know,
They’ll separate good from the bad,
The tares to be burned, Oh, how sad!
Are you wheat? Do you for Christ glow? -eab, 2/2/07
Penned in eastern Ontario, Canada, while pastoring the Kingston Pilgrim Holiness Church.
Posted in eabits, philosophy, uncategorized, tagged church, eabit, non-profit, non-Prophet, organization on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in poem, prayer, worship, tagged Associate Professor, beat upon his chest, Bible, calm in his heart, church, contrasted, dregs in his cup, eyes downward, Florida, friend, go to meeting, God, grace, heaven's smile, highest perch, Hobe Sound Bible College, honest spirit, humble, humble pie, justified his soul, look up, lowly ground, measures all things, mercy, petty piousness, poem, profound, simple, sinner, temple, temple talk, worship on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He went into the temple
Where you’d think one could look up.
But his attitude was humble,
He saw “dregs” in his cup.
He asked God for mercy;
He beat upon his chest,
Called himself a sinner
(Not better than the rest).
He cast his eyes downward,
They sought the lowly ground.
But God, who measures all things:
The simple, the [...]
Posted in Lpost (long post), born today, today in history, uncategorized, tagged church, minister, born today, today in history, America, John Nelson Darby, British-Irish, Dublin-trained, lawyer, Church of Ireland, 1828, Plymouth Brothren, Margaret MacDonald, secret rapture, doctrine, older roots, influence, C. I. Scofield, "rapture", Scofield Bible, evangelicals, word rapture is non-biblical, "thief in the night", Peter's inspired words, great noise, fervent heat, burned up, 2Pe 3.10 on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
John Nelson Darby was a British-Irish blooded, Dublin-trained, lawyer who turned Church of Ireland minister and then moved on (1828) to help establish the Plymouth Brethren. He would perhaps be unknown today but for his meeting with eighteen-year-old Margaret MacDonald who is said to have had a vision regarding a “secret rapture” of the church. Though this doctrine has [...]
Posted in Bible, poem, uncategorized, tagged 1973, awfully lean, Bethlehem, brother, cannot afford, church, doubt, every age, faith, faith is the substance, Galilee, He rules, His footsteps, hoped for, lack of faith, Lord, Ohio, principal, Sacred Page, Wyandot Christian School, yet not seen on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never been to Bethlehem,
Nor walked by Galilee.
And the hills that knew my blessed Lord,
I may never live to see.
But I’ve tried to trace His footsteps,
Across the Sacred Page.
And by faith, I know He rules today,
As He has in every age.
O, Faith, faith without it,
You just cannot please the Lord.
Have faith, [...]
Posted in Lpost (long post), philosophy, tagged "Christian Magicians", "innocent” entertainment, A Treatise on the Soul, ancient societies not entertainment, Ante-Nicene writers, association, belly speaker, Belly-demon, brink of destruction, carnal entertainment, Charlie McCarthy, cheap pre-planned humor, church, Clement of Alexander, devil doll, divination and ventriloquistic arts, evangelical churches, Hippolytus, Howdy-Doody, humor canned, major changes, On the Sorceress (ventriloquist), pre-planned jokes, pythonic spirits, Saul and the Witch, signs of age, so-called holiness, taker of pins and curses, Tertulian, teters, The Instructor, ventriloquism, ventriloquist-demon, work of the devil, world, worldliness on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the signs of our age is the worldliness of the supposed church. Among the major changes is what is being accepted as “innocent” entertainment. Once “Howdy-Doody” and Charlie McCarthy were clearly seen figures of the world. They had no church association.
Today the world is coming into careless Evangelical churches and even some [...]
Posted in eabits, philosophy, the home, uncategorized, tagged church, earth's first, institution, parents applaud, politicians, preachers, professors, school, the home, the state on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was not the state – politicians may hate to hear that.
It was not the school – professors may hate to hear that.
It was not the church – preachers may hate to hear that.
Earth’s first institution was the HOME
– may all Parents applaud that!
– eab
Posted in converted to Christ, poem, worship, tagged 2008, church, IN, Indiana, new birth, poem, redeemed hearts, tall steeple, tall walls, Westfield, worship on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A certain kind of people,
Meeting under a tall steeple,
Imagine that that’s the church.
Tall walls do not a church make.
New birth is more than a handshake;
Which these find out when in a lurch.
The church is made of redeemed hearts,
And though they meet in various parts,
Under clear sky, under a huge tree;
Worship, that’s why we gather,
Even in [...]
