• My Dearest Big Sister Vi

    Vi is so dearShe rubs my sore feetShe can’t be beat Vi cooks my foodIt’s gourmetI thank her every day Vi cleansThe floorShe gets groceries at the store Vi mops the kitchenAnd the bathroom tooThere is no dirt she’ll eschew Vi washes my clothesShe folds them all until she’s doneVi and I love to have…

  • Feeling Blue

    I’m feeling lackadaisicalI’m ill physiological I’m totally depressedI don’t want to get dressed I am very lethargicI feel neurotic I am full of fatigueI feel like I’m under the ocean by a league I feel so downI’m like a sad clown by Zachary Uram(C) 2024

  • Happy Birthday Vi

    Today my dear sister ViIs half a century oldShe looks to be only 17Her youthful looks are bold Her mind is sharpShe is highly educatedVi has a degree in English literatureIn college, she worked hard and matriculated She is a skilled poetAnd a gifted artist tooWhen it comes to being creativeThere is no obstacle she…

  • Battling Depression

    I lie in bedLike a beached whaleHere is mySad tale I’ve been sufferingFor a quarter centuryI’m sick and tiredOf this mental misery I lackMotivationThis is a badSituation I longTo run and playInstead, I’m trapped insideAnd full of dismay The seasonsPass me byAll I want to doIs cry My malaiseMakes me want to screamI wish this…

  • A Tale of Authorities

    When defining doctrine, we Reformed affirm Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) as our highest authority. It restricts us from tainting our interpretation of Scripture by adding extraneous sources of doctrine. Roman Catholics affirm Sola Ecclesia (Church Alone) contains the dual authorities of tradition and the magisterium (teaching authority). Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium are all equal…

  • Headcovering for Christian Women

    For nearly 2,000 years, from the time of Christ, until the 1960s, it was the universal practice of the Christian churches for women to headcover. Sadly, with the destruction unleashed upon society by the Satanic feminist movement in the later half of the 1960s, head covering for women was largely abandoned. The so-called sexual revolution…

  • Gentle and Lowly: Unbiblical

    In the book Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund. He portrays a meek and mild Christ. The book is aimed at Christians suffering from discouragement and depression. Ortlund asserts (based on a single sentence by Christ) that Jesus is fundamentally gentle and lowly in His essence. The…

  • Charles Finney and His Legacy

    Charles Finney was an evangelist in the 19th century, who preached the revivalist circuit in America. He became very popular, as did the altar call (which he invented) and the so-called sinner’s prayer whereby a person “accepts Jesus into their heart”. The problem with Finney (and the churches that came after him) is that they…

  • America: Once a Bastion of the Reformed – Now Apostate

    In 1793, 956 out of 1,032 baptist churches in America were calvinistic. This equates to 93%. A 2012 Lifeway poll of SBC pastors found that of 1,066 SBC pastors, 30% said their churches were calvinistic. One of the foremost constitutional theorists of the founding generation, John Adams, observed, “Our Constitution was made only for a…

  • Sayings on the Cross

    The 7 utterances of Jesus on the cross were: