Good News Needs No Apologetic

Good News
needs no finessing.

If a Scripture
leaves you guessing

And a child
is left asking

No need for
defense-tasking.

Your heart knows
goodness
it's an expert at fruit-tasting.

Two thousand years
between us,
something must be missing.

What might writer
and audience know
that you are not now knowing?

Are you familiar
with Gehenna, theophagy
or Roman laws for pack-carrying?

No? Well in Scriptures
that disturb you can be
treasures well worth finding.

Invite your mind
to start questioning

Text and culture
begin searching

Or follow some Pharisees
when Jesus they were fearing

And the Son of Man
they began attacking

For all the laws
the Prince of Peace
was breaking

Literal interpretations
the Lamb of God
was violating

Language of the heart
Logos
was speaking

And the spirit of the law
Emmanuel
was teaching

Thus orphans, widows
and other outcasts
came running

Is it time to start
digging, start seeking
and knocking?

For your heart knows
Euangelion
needs no further

explaining.

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