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The last pirate.
The gunner was nervous. His foot tapped the safety catch on and off, sending jitters through the rest of them. Allan wanted to tell the idiot to cut it out, couldn’t he see he was winding up the rest of the squad. But that would just make it worse. It was a miracle they hadn’t…
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Melodrama
The delicate line between melodrama and cynicism is spider silk thin. I seek to walk that line. Yet how can a poet hope to balance on such a tightrope? Can the cynic ever find anything good or true? Melodrama. Sinking into a mire of feelings, disregarding probability. Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has…
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Can I make good dialog?
He walked up to his friend. “ Hey, how’s it going?” “ Good.” was the noncommittal reply. There was an awkward silence where they both considered where to go from here. He decided it would be best to end thing as quickly as possible. “ Well cool, see you around.” “ Yeah see you.” He…
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Why I’m right and you’re wrong.
My dear friend. I am right and you are wrong. Read it in the stars, see it written the clouds inscribed on the souls of all those righteous people. How could I be wrong? The world revolves around me. All who disagree shall be cast out of my gracious presence into the outer darkness, where…
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Cooking Prose.
Oh how I enjoy that food of prose. If only I could cook. I suppose everyone starts out as a novice, still, its sometimes discouraging. I always enjoyed beans and rice growing up and I fear my bland pallet has transferred to my writing. Still it’s hard to beat those beans and rice, left overs…
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Jealously
Oh you happy couple, your flirtations are not unnoticed, though the public averts their eyes, Your whispers and silent titters, soft touches and gentle kisses They shout to us, scream, call, command. You have a monopoly on happiness, a conner market on joy, You sing to yourself, yet aloud for the world to hear,…
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Substitutionary atonement and guilt ACBC essay
The substitutionary atonement of Christ is most often remembered by the cross. How Ironic that an instrument of torture is now forever ingrained in the symbolism of Christainity. It is not without reason that we remember the cross. It is the representation of that act which saved us from eternal judgment. How great a gift…
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The Dual Nature of Jesus Christ.
One of the most profound mysteries in the universe is the coming of Jesus Christ as a man. How could an almighty God do such a thing? Why would He do such a thing? Because of his lovingkindness and mercy according to scripture. I am tasked with describing the mystery and explaining through scripture why…
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Egalitarianism and Complementarianism.
We as the church are in conflict with our culture, and that is as it should be. We must be careful that we do not soften doctrine so as to be in a more agreeable relationship with our culture and one of the areas where I observe softening of doctrine is the topic of the…