Long Pilate Poems

??1 Kings 5:3-5 NIV??
[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...

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"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2



Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm, 
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...

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No part of the world part 2

As we established in the last lesson, Jesus taught that his followers would be "no part of the world" John17:14,16. Jesus continued teaching how his disciples could distinguish themselves...

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Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judea, asked Jesus, "What is TRUTH?"                         ...

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As a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls

I heard the words destined to me
“Be still . . . know that I am God”
So I...

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The Sinai Rose finch, oblivious to the commotion in the nearby city, busily gathered dry grass and floral fodder to repair her nest, disturbed by a human behemoth, snatching the thorny brambles which hid the...

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Based on a true story from a television documentary on Human Trafficking...an international crime with participants from a broad spectrum of society...occuring on a daily basis. I have only seen documentaries on the trafficking of...

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twiglets embrace as thorns and flowers

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In eternity past, the Father asks the Son to go down.
Having equal Love for humans the "Yes" comes fast.
When Creation leads to time, the world waits for 4 BC
Marking the start of the end of...

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I know many come as a sales pitch
In trying to receive praise of man
Mankind wants us to put all trust in them
From what I have seen it's total chaos
Of what mankind is doing in own...

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Wave a sea softened
                  and a pain and a tenderness
        ...

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*Image of The Nativity by Pixabay.

MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS POEM

(Pre The Epiphany)

THE WORLD VERSION:

Twelve Drummers Drumming.
Eleven Pipers Piping. 
Ten Lords A-Leaping.
Nine Ladies Dancing.
Eight Maids A-milking.
Seven Swans A-swimming.
Six Geese A-laying.
Five Golden Rings.
Four Calling Birds.
Three French Hens. 
Two...

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DIARY OF A CRIMINAL

Dear Diary, something happened that’s hard to be believed:
Today I faced a sentence; instead I was reprieved.
They’d brought me to the platform for all the crowd to see,
And as I looked, I...

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Klacatoo – Translation of Kevin Gilbert ‘s « Klacatoo » by T. Wignesan

On nous avait coincé sur la rive de Lachlan
un endroit qui s’appelle Klacatoo
là où nous rassemblions au coucher du soleil
quand nous entendions le...

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Father was a Centurion, proud to be,
I would be just like him, wait and see.
Growing up, we lived near Galilee,
Tutors and servants all took care of me.

Now Tomas was a servant father had freed,
He stayed...

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Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they gave Him up for 30 pieces silver reward?
Oh what horror, oh what shame;
They even placed upon Him a very special name.
King of the...

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Easter
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over the oceans from whence we came
amid war and random bloodshed
struggles a people as noble in name
as the men and women by which they're led

they are the Jews, and how they suffered and why
when their...

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And it came to pass, when God cause us to wander  (wonder)
Thou shall not kill
It's not it God's will
And if a man also lie with mankind 
As he lie with a woman both of...

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VOLUNTARY

Jesus came to die for our sins
of His own volition in His great love
He took on the cross at Calvary
having come here from heaven above

VICARIOUS

Jesus died for sins not His own
for He was sinless perfect...

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At the last supper He declared,
"One of you is my betrayer".
They questioned Him and each  denied
Then all joined in song and prayer.
Mount Olive was the next stop
They could see He was distressed,
But they fell...

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From Gabbatha, before the judgment seat,
a winding, tortured road: Golgatha's end.
His flesh in shreds, he staggers on His feet,
rough timbers grate excoriated skin.

The lines from Jesse's root are drawn by thorns,
the precious blood, in rivulets,...

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My POETRY SOUP EASTER POEM for April 10, 2017:

 I.
 Some Say Easter; but can you spare Him a glance?
It’s Jesus Christ Time; Always Jesus time for real Living 
Ecce Homo! Pontius Pilate said, with...

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In the garden, The Christ did pray
For strength ardent to bear pain's stay.

Gethsemane, the Master kneels
To ask to be with fond appeal.

His close aides lie in heavy sleep;
The Christ now cries in pain so deep.

The...

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Coulda been
the Hand of the Lying King,
if I didn’t tell the truth so much

Coulda been
Caesar’s right hand man,
if I was kill willing 
to have a shogun trigger touch

Coulda been
chief consigliore renown
for the don Corelone spiked...

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[Imagine this talk is coming from a Roman news reporter who is describing to a group of citizens on the town square wanting to know what is going on and why there is turmoil in...

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