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The Gospel In-Verse
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JEHOVAH JIREH, the poem displayed on the cover, is among the most moving portions of scripture. If we close our eyes and feel the scene with our hearts, we see, not only the plan of salvation, but we feel the pain sin caused the very heart of God when He sacrificed His own son. What a love story!To paint that love story in poetic pastels is the purpose of THE GOSPEL IN VERSE. As one enjoys the beauty of perfect rhyme and meter my hope is that the depths of Gods love will penetrate and permeate the soul of the reader.What would possess anyone to undertake the mind-boggling challenge of putting the entire bible in verse? Shortly before beginning I felt strongly that my poetic gift had irretrievably declined. After writing one poem, A Stable, about Christs lowly stable birth, I felt impressed to put all my favorite bible passages into poetry. Then something, (or better, Someone) impressed me to put the whole bible in verse. My first reaction was, Thats crazy-thats impossible. But the assurance came that with God, all things are possible. Mark 2:27. I also realized that Somebody bigger than I would finish what He had begun.Sometimes the verse flowed. At other times I labored at it and had to use several versions of the bible to retain the integrity of the text along with the rhyme. And that was the major hurdle, scriptural integrity. The rhyme was a gift. My hope is that all, whether grade school scholar or seminary professor, will find this text unbiased and theologically sound. My hope is that the message of Gods love letter, the bible, will flow forth to a new generation in the beauty of poetic pastels that will make it a joy to read and to listen to.Although the rhyme and meter is consistent throughout the text there are a few passages in italics in which the beat is different. The accent falls on the first syllable rather than the second. Each of these passages is footnoted with the comment, see introduction. The entire ten commandments in
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