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Media

1/30/2021

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They use a liquid crystal screen
Of mind manipulation;
(Where can the righteous turn
To receive his information?);
To suppress and now to censor,
While presenting biased "Proof,"
The outlets of our media
Monopolize the "Truth."

So to the "quacks," dissenters,
I turn with wary eye
To discern what other "Truth"
Can be found within the lie.
I am not quick to know,
But surely quick to think,
Before thinking things is outlawed
By demands of Doublethink.

They used a shiny crystal ball
Of mind manipulation
In days of yore, and chanted slow
The magic incantation.
With methods old and therefore known
To be "safe and effective,"
We take the latest jab to prove
We're media infected.

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Being Being

1/28/2021

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Being being
Abstracted from body,
God is Spirit,
eternally existent.

Being being
Exalted in καρδίαι,
God is Love,
Eternally abundant.
 
Being being
Refracted in darkness,
God is Light,
eternally resplendent.
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After Death

1/26/2021

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If my death was separation--
The body from the soul--
The soul to be with Jesus,
And the body in the hole;
Then just to be with Jesus,
This half of me set free,
Is so much more alive
Than the way I used to be.

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Decomposition II

1/24/2021

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Don't leave me here to rot and mold,
Where winter turns the heat to cold,
Where germ absolves my flesh of pain.
I lived for Christ, and this my gain:
Now raise me from this casket high,
To bid the grave e'remore goodbye,
Undo decomposition deep,
To wake this slumberer from his sleep.
Like Adam, breathe your breath, O God,
And set my feet upon the sod

To walk in New Earth's pure terrain:
I lived for Christ, new life to gain.


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A Thought

1/20/2021

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A thought: When it
Leaves the mind,
What is not matter
Is made to make
Or move matter;
Ex nihilo or not,
The making mind
moves matter and
is therefore, being
Not material,
Not immaterial.
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Decomposition

1/20/2021

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My one position:
Decomposition
(Of body and soul)
Is reversible.
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John Calvin on Evidence of God in Creation

1/15/2021

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Calvin says:

Even though men maliciously try to obscure God's glory, it is certain they cannot open their eyes and look in any direction without seeing evidence that leads to knowledge of him, knowledge which they flee and would like to bury completely if they could. God show himself everywhere and provides indications of his majesty, of his power, of his righteousness, of his goodness, and everything which can lead us to him.

Sermons on Genesis, Chapters 1:1-11:4. East Peoria, IL: Banner of Truth Trust. 2009. p. 1.
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The Sun (Psalm 19)

1/11/2021

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Not as a god, but as a radiant display of
The magnificent Glory of God,
Magnified by light that penetrates every
Corner of creation, pushing out the
Darkness and cold, covering every atom
With light and warmth, the Sun shines
Supremely in the sky, serving to signify
The all-sufficient and more supreme
Sovereignty and Glory of God.
Day to day pours out speech.
Nothing is hidden from the heat
Of its effectual decree, illuminating all
So that the Law is manifestly known
As perfect, pure, precise, and good;
And warming all with the white-hot
Heat that radiates from the Rock
And Redeemer who rules
All heaven and earth.

How could the mouth-words
And heart-thoughts from this sinner
Ever compare to the completely and
Perfectly resplendent Sun and Law of God?
How can I find acceptance?
I do not know, I do not know,
But let it be, let it be,
Have mercy on me, O Lord,

My Rock and my Redeemer,
Amen.
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Shovel

1/7/2021

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Bury me with the shovel
Along my right side
So I can easily find it
When I wake again
And dig myself out
Of this graven ground
And go greet my King
When He comes back
For me. If by then you are
Beside me in the soil,
I'll shovel you out too,
And we can go together
To meet Him in the air. 
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    Michael Price - I am a husband, father, poet, and science teacher at a classical Christian school in Memphis, TN. I have three volumes of poetry.

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