Tag: power
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2026-05-07 SAM: The Ransom Price (Zion 7/10)
I am… surrounded. // By problems / By people // I did not ask for / I do not want…
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Fear, Anger, and Shame: How the Magi Redeem Cain
Gifts of Immanuel versus Mark of Cain – Gold of Father’s wisdom versus clay of fear – Frankincense of Spirit’s power versus charcoal of anger – Myrrh of Christ’s love versus wheel of shame Assume a literal Cain…
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Odin: The First… and Last
As Shakespeare, write a historically plausible origin for Norse culture, as the last gasp of the Etruscans around 500 BCE. Use an escaping Titus and his jealous servant Loki to introduce runes and iron working to Captain Odin and his son Thor. Make it an Arthurian tragedy with legendary impact.
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Sex 409: Bar-Bie-Barians
My evil sister! A being so twisted and devious, brave men faint in her presence. You are marching to your doom! I will have nothing to do with this. Farewell!
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Forgiving Pharisees (More Difficult Parts)
The Earnest Redeemer: Exactly. The other disciples _want_ to protect Him, but between you and me they’d be useless against armed guards. And deep down they know it. You’d actually have a fighting chance of distracting them long enough for Jesus to escape / Simon the Zealot. If that’s what…
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Anthem: Follow The Way Of Christ (Becoming “Foot-Washers”)
To be a “Christian” / Has become a crutch / Though I still love / That old word so much
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Dream: Prince of Nerds
I even win an award. “Mr. Popular” It includes the right to crash any party. Not just at nerd camp. Any camp. (Though it may just be honorary)
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9/16 Doggerel: Flow-er Power
If we want to tap / Into God’s power / We must submit / To being His flower
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9/14 Poem: Fringe Benefit
So they brought him all their sick, begging him to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And everyone who touched it was instantly healed!
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7/2 Poem: Intimit-ation
What Satan fears most / Is a man intimately aware his own sin / Yet even more aware of the power of Christ
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4/6 Limericks: Out Of My Depth
But the worst threat of this hour / Is the seductive call of power
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3/10 Poem: March Heir
For vulnerability’s key / To drawing you closer to me / In losing my need to control / I’m saving both my and your soul
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3/5 Poem: Building Trust (Towering Loss)
Lord, though we’re made from the dust / We long to build towers of trust // There’s no evil in that desire / And yet we are playing with fire…
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2/27 Limerick: Hell Bound
We live In a world that seems hell-bound / But that’s just because we have not found…
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