Wednesday, June 19, 2013

BE GOOD, DO GOOD

 
 
 
BE GOOD
DO GOOD
 
 
A MINISTER RETIRED
 
GAVE   HIS LIBRARY TO THE CHURCH
 
I’M READING
A BETTER CLASS OF CHURCH HISTORY
 
THE MORE I READ
THE MORE I BELIEVE
THAT CHRIST WAS SERIOUS
WHEN HE SAID
I’LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS
 
I WILL SEND MY SPIRIT TO GUIDE YOU
TILL THE END OF TIME
 
OTHERWISE
THE CHURCH
WOULD NEVER SURVIVE
 
SINCE THE BEGINNING
THERE WAS   DISSENSIONS
 
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
ACTING IRRELIGIOUS
IN CHRIST’S NAME

 
BUT WHILE PHILOSOPHERS ARGUED
MOTHERS TAUGHT THEIR CHILDREN
THE BASIC CHRISTIAN TEACHING
BE GOOD
DO GOOD
 
THE CHURCH SURVIVED
 
ALL THE OTHER PARAPHERNALIA OF RELIGION
IS ADIAPHORA
WITHOUT THAT BASIC TEACHING 
 
CHURCH STRUCTURE MAY GO AWAY
WORSHIP METHODS MAY CHANGE
DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES MAY DISAPPEAR
 
TOO MANY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
AND THEIR SOULS OVER THESE
 
WHAT REMAINS IS
BE GOOD
DO GOOD
WITH ALL ITS IMPLICATIONS
 
IT’S TIME FOR CHRISTIANITY
TO BE KNOWN FOR LOVE
NOT FOR WHAT WE HATE
 
FRANK A VOLLMER


Sunday, June 9, 2013

FREE

FREE
 
 
IT PLEASES ME
TO SEE
A BIRD PERCHING ON THE CROSS
ATOP OUR STEEPLE
 
PERHAPS RESTING
FROM A JOURNEY
OR JUST A QUIET MOMENT
 
IT PLEASES ME
THAT HE SEES
IN THE CROSS
A SOURCE OF PEACE AND REST
 
AS IT REMINDS US
THAT THE CROSS
IS A SIGN
OF PEACE AND REST
WON FOR US AT GREAT PRICE
 
GIVEN TO US A NO COST
 
IT REMINDS US
THAT WE SHOULD BE WORTHY
OF THIS GIFT
 
FREE TO US
AS THE PERCH IS TO THE BIRD
 
FRANK A VOLLMER