| "Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus Through God's Will," poetry Contributor(s): Lukiv, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798562156785 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.19 lbs) 26 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2020. Introduction Paul, writing to the Ephesians, highlights the importance of the Christian personality. Through holy spirit, he writes, "You were taught to put away the old personality that conforms to your former course of conduct and that is being corrupted according to its deceptive desires. And you should continue to be made new in your dominant mental attitude, and should put on the new personality that was created according to God's will in true righteousness and loyalty."-Eph. 4:22-24. We find a Christ-like premise for this "new personality" in verses two to four of the same chapter: "humility[, ]...mildness, ...patience, ...love, ...the oneness of the spirit...[, and] peace." Certainly such a premise would promote unity and joy among brothers and sisters. An excerpt, chapter 4 "We should no longer be children, tossed about as by waves and carried here and there by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in deceptive schemes."-Ephesians 4:14. Of the good-for-nothing men, What deeds cling to me? Do their omens, About their futility, Stick like sap to my exposed Skin? Do their night-projects Wrap around my legs, As if tentacles of doom have Prepared me to fall? Do their flies with legs caked In dung land on my tongue? Do their words like lice Infest my hair? Do their lies enter my ear canals And turn to wax that hardens, Paralyzing my little drums? Do they leap out of darkness As a lion from a thicket, Unnerving my heart? Do they sprinkle parasites Upon my food, infesting me With a future of worms With treacherous teeth? Do they Fill my clothing with the unnatural Odor of carrion? O!, Of the good-for-nothing men, What deeds cling to me? The author Dan Lukiv is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). His creative writing has appeared in 19 countries. Recently, he has been experimenting with temporal shifts and narrative strings in his haiku and senryu. |
