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The Narrow Door II: A New Door
This is the second in a series of sonnets based on the Parable of the Narrow Door from Luke 13:22-30 which reads, 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be…
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The Old Becomes New
This is the third in a series of sonnets based on John’s first letter to the churches. This one is based on 1John 2:7-14 though it is particularly based on verses 7-8 to read: 7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had…
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The Narrow Door I
I will be working on a project to write a series of sonnets based on this passage from Luke 13:22-30. Our human sensibilities oftentimes find these passages which speak to the exclusion of the Kingdom of God highly unsavory. And in our age in which the individual is the “sovereign…
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Light
This is a sonnet based on 1John 1:5-10 which reads This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we…
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Joy Complete
Based on: 1 John 1:1-4 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify…
