Zach Uram's Blog

  • A Typical Day for Me

    I woke up
    To a new day
    I felt totally gay

    Slowly
    I got out of bed
    I had a weary head

    My sister Vi
    Made me a cup of coffee
    It’s steam I could see

    For breakfast
    I had eggs over easy
    They were even cheesy

    I drank
    A small glass of orange juice
    And ate a bowl of chocolate mousse

    I took my morning medications
    These psychiatric drugs help me
    I felt footloose and fancy free

    A little TV I watched
    I lay back down
    I was depressed and had a frown

    I lay there
    Like a beached whale
    This is my sad tale

    Another day
    That I’m depleted
    I feel defeated

    I long to have more energy
    To laugh, run, and play
    I have nothing left to say

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Saturday Musings

    It’s a dark, cold night
    I step into the light
    And escape the blight

    Can you see
    My name is Zachary
    I’m footloose & fancy free

    I love reading at home
    Especially a theological tome
    I don’t need to roam

    I drank an ice-cold glass of water
    Outside it’s hotter
    My belly is getting smaller

    I love to feast on a ribeye steak
    With green beans & a slice of cake
    Of a banana split I’ll partake

    I love Scripture reading
    Upon God’s Word I’m feeding
    Soon I’ll be sleeping

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Flight

    I will fly up high
    Soaring in the sky

    I fly with the geese
    And feel at peace

    I feel totally free
    This is the life for me

    I go up and down
    Without a frown

    In the clouds I rest
    Flying is the best

    I dive down low
    And play with a crow

    At night I go to bed
    I’m well fed

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Miscellaneous

    I don’t mean to be rude
    But you better drop your attitude

    I’m a wild and crazy man
    I don’t have a plan

    I will run in the rain
    It makes me insane

    I don’t tell a lie
    I’ll have ham on rye

    I’m battling mental illness
    In life I wait for the stillness

    All the Saracens were defeated
    But I’m not conceited

    I will belch and fart
    When I shop in Walmart

    I long to laugh and play
    I’m totally gay

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Outer Worlds

    I left one day
    To explore space
    My rocket ship set the pace

    I visited many planets
    Some had advanced life
    There was no strife

    I preached the gospel
    To these alien beings
    I made many pleadings

    These extraterrestrial lifeforms
    Were soon repenting
    And the gospel they were believing

    My evangelism was complete
    I returned to earth fast
    I had a blast

    I left believers
    On these far away worlds
    I got a Big Mac at McDonald’s

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Seafood Galore

    I love seafood
    A clam bake is nice
    Salmon I’ll eat thrice

    Please give me a lobster
    And oysters too
    There is no seafood I’ll eschew

    Tilapia sure does satisfy
    Also mussels are delish
    For clam chowder I surely do wish

    King crab legs are wonderful
    Scallops are very tasty
    Baby octopus makes me crazy

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Gospel Musings

    On the other side
    We’ll meet
    In Christ the Lord
    We are totally complete

    Once we were captive
    By the power of sin
    But Christ our Redeemer
    Was a propitiation

    The spotless Lamb
    He defeated sin and death
    We’ll be with Him
    When we take our last breath

    We receive Christ’s
    Perfect righteousness
    He bore our sins
    So marvelous

    We shall live forever
    In the New Earth
    Because we were born again
    And received the second birth

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Ireland

    Saint Patrick
    Spread
    The Gospel
    On the
    Emerald Isle
    The inhabitants
    Were pagan
    He spoke
    With authority
    He used concepts
    Such as
    The shamrock
    To express
    The truth
    Of the Trinity
    After much labor
    Many Irish
    Converted
    Oh this beautiful
    Land of green
    Where
    The Celtic cross
    Is seen

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Victory in Christ

    Christ won us
    Permanent victory
    Over death and sin you see

    Satan thought
    He won
    He misjudged the Son

    On the cross
    Christ bled
    He suffered, the living Word

    He gave up His spirit
    After a six-hour ordeal
    The rock of His tomb did seal

    After three days
    He resurrected in the tomb
    Christ the Bridegroom

    He sits in heaven
    On a throne
    He does reigne

    Christ will
    Return to earth
    He gives men second birth

    by Zachary Uram
    (C) 2025

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  • Marian Beliefs: Biblical or Unbiblical

    Catholics and Orthodox have Marian theologies which are unbiblical.

    They give Mary reverence, hyper-veneration, create icons, paintings, sculptures, and processionals for her. These things are for the Triune God alone.

    Several Doctors of the Catholic church, such as Ligouri, have written Marian books which explicitly call on believers to get saved through Mary. This is sheer blasphemy and idolatry.

    God alone is worthy of our reverence and veneration. It is deeply wrong to exalt Mary the way Catholics and Orthodox do.

    The beliefs that Mary was a consecrated temple virgin, who made a lifetime vow of abstinence, and that Joseph was a much older man, originate with the spurious “Gospel of James”. It was not written by James and dates to the mid-second century! It’s also known as the “Protoevangelium of James”.

    I’ve noticed in interacting with many Catholics and Orthodox online, that they will get very angry if one says that Mary wasn’t a lifelong virgin, or that she was not sinless, and that only Christ was sinless. They will accuse you of being hateful, anti-Catholic, etc. I saw a post in a Facebook discussion group (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Dialogue/Debate), where a Protestant simply stated that Mary and Joseph had sex and had children after Jesus was born. And several Catholics replied saying that to say such a thing was “slander” and “disgusting”. Yet Scripture says that sex between a married couple is a blessing. Catholics have such a distorted view of Mary. They can’t bear the thought that she had sex, or that she was not immaculate (sinless). They are extremely sensitive, when it comes to challenging their Marian beliefs, to such a degree that it eclipses their reactions when someone challenges a belief about Christ. This is clearly unbiblical.

    Mary was a humble servant of God. She knew she needed faith in her Son to be saved. Mary would be offended by the amount of exaltation that Catholics and Orthodox offer to her.

    The problematic Marian theology of Catholics and Orthodox perfectly illustrates why Sola Scriptura (Scripture as the only infallible authority) is absolutely necessary if one is doing biblical theology. Apologists and theologians, who are Catholic and Orthodox, appeal to Scripture, but sadly, they engage in eisegesis rather than honest exegesis of the relevant Scriptures. They must appeal to sources outside Scripture to support their novel beliefs. If one appeals to the absolute authority of Scripture, the perspicuity of Scripture, and the fact that the Holy Spirit leads all regenerate believers into all truth, they will get Reformed theology.

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