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God Hates Me (Satire on Jacob and Esau in Romans 9)

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What if Puddle of Mudd wrote their popular song She Hates Me about Esau?

Isaac and Rebekah had twin boys, Jacob and Esau. From the start there was sibling rivalry and parental favoritism. Two individuals with different interests and skills. But for them there was also promises that God had made to their grandfather Abraham. There would be a favored nation that would be great and would ultimately be a blessing to the world.

Paul mentions these two in Romans 9, quoting Malachi 1:2-5, sparking debate about how God elects people to salvation

Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated

This one goes out to all the TheoBros out there…

Chosen ones, numbered like sand
He made us, clay in His hand
Potter made a jar or two
I’m the one cracked and glued

Lentil stew, drips from my lip
Never thought I’d be the one He’d skip
Then I started to realize
I was nothing in His eyes

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Walkin’ in the Desert (Satire for the Book of Numbers)

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Black Sabbath wrote a song, After Forever, asking if one ever stops to consider death without Christ. Metallica explored themes from Exodus in Creeping Death.

Inspired by an exchange on the X platform, we consider what a song based on the events in Numbers might look like in the hands of Guns N’ Roses. This is meant to be sung to the tune of Welcome to the Jungle.

Slash performing at the Nokia Theater in New York in 2008

Walkin’ in the desert, is not fun and games
We left everything behind
Moses, counted the names

We are the people God did find
enslaved by Pharoah’s greed
We took all his money, honey,
and crossed thru the seas

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The Nature of Easter (a series of haiku)

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The month of April is national poetry month and also when Easter generally falls. This year I wrote a set of haiku that primarily focused on the final week of Jesus’ life. The haiku is an unrhymed poetic form originating in Japan. In English it typically consists of 17 syllables arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern over three lines. The form generally uses nature as a topic and seeks to suggest ideas through contrast and double meaning.

Thirst sends one walking
More than some water is sought
From an ancient well

A straight path ahead
Branches waving wildly
There’s no turning back

A fruitless fig tree
Expectations are not met
It withers and dies

Lilies dot the field
Tranquility is shattered
White is colored red

A seed is planted
Earth holds what it can’t contain
From death comes much fruit

A buried seed sprouts
Sown it bursts forth in new life
Birds shall rest in shade

Sunlight breaks the dark
On a rock a dove alights
A new day has dawned