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Hissing: An Alliterative Poem

View the original here ... along with a brief explanation of alliteration.  Hissing So you say speaking not so softly. Your voice, sputtering syllables of nonsense and discord. Searing my spirit. Hissing sounds— Just … Sounds…  for the sake of sounds. slamming doors, strong faced and filled with simply superfluous rage.

Turn or Burn?

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Clearly these signs speak of God's abiding love for mankind. I grew up in the church. Two of my uncle's were pastors and my dad was a Christian musician, speaker, and occasional worship pastor. I've heard every message under the sun about the Son. I've grown bored and uninterested in my faith and ambivalent towards the church. Quite frankly, the church is an institution corrupted by man that in no way resembles the Christian church that Jesus anointed Peter to. I haven't consistently gone to church for a couple years and my soul misses it. I need the fellowship, the worship, the study of scriptures. I want to know God and know Him deeply. Whatever dogmatic or doctrinal label that puts on me, I don't really know or care. I just want to feel the Spirit moving within me. I had a revelation last night. The message at church (we go on Saturday nights) was one I've heard thousands of times. It was about the need to evangelize. The reason we need to evangel