I find Paul at the Sandwich Shop, and he
Says I am graven into God's hand;
I shall come out like Gold.
I blow the Shofar on Trumpets
And it tastes rancid on my tongue's tip.
The eerie sound is heard around the whole world.
Jonathan sits on my sofa, and tells me of Hail Britannica,
I walk back into my room, and pray for it to be given by God;
I dream it, and say, "Let me be prophesying him, and be like Jacob!"
While writing the epic, I hear "It is a miracle!"
As my dad walks through the door and tells me a joke.
At the critical moment, I have written it.
I read Habakkuk with Isaiah and Matthew
And when about to leave, I greet a man.
His eyes grow wide, so I then see him stumble out the bookstore's door.
It’s a Miracle
Dreams come, they go,
The women talk of Michelangelo.
"It's a miracle!" says my dad,
At the pivotal moment.
I read it, at rest,
Seeing the Epic is given by God.
The epic begins with the invocation
Of Providence.
And in this, my Epic is sound.
Prufrock gets maddened,
But I, like, Jacob played a trick.
To Kill Baal
Bones of children lay in piles
The light of their life has gone.
In mystical vision I see so vile
Destroy that false, wicked religion.
Baal is a curse, not a blessing
So to Christ's Law and Jehovah bring
Your bounty of the first fruit's alms
And lift your hands and praise and sing.
Break your heart with sorrows
For wrong you have commitdt
And bash that Heathen God to pieces
Or in hell's caverns you shall sit.
What is Baal but the Heathen's call
Of Sodomite, Polygamy and Epicene Aesthetic?
What is Baal but Feeling Good as All
While feasting your love to faithlessness?
Modern Art
There are some who stare at shit stains
On a canvas, and prefer it
To the Pieta. There are some
Who like conflict and abuse in
Their marriages, and like to fight.
There are some who like the thought of
Divorce, and some who like to stare
At mangled corpses, objects that
Are obscure and undefined, no
Form. There are some who like "Logic"
And "Scientific Realism"
And fat bodies and gross faces.
There are some that see no gender;
Only gays can have blissful love;
The woman rules over a man.
There are even some who like pain
During sex, and to torture those
They love. That is all modern art.
Philemon
Philemon actually is anti slavery. Jewish Law forbids returning an escaped slave to their owner, so Paul in effect restores Onesimus to freedom, and demonstrates Jewish Law is no more binding, but rather the Spirit of Grace, by returning him as a freed man and not as a slave. It demonstrates how Grace is not by the letter, but through the Spirit. And then Paul restores all his owed debts, demonstrating how Christ saves us even more. Onesimus actually becomes a pretty significant person in the early church, too.
The August Chill
The giant trees stand one hundred foot.
Cool, August chill bathes me---
The first August chill in years---
The swelling feeling of Late Summer
The sleepy time, of the swing of things;
The light pours from the West
In blaring rays, in the cool day,
Illuminating the hundred foot trees,
Seventy-two degrees.
A theme occupies my mind
As I walk down my path,
And talk to the LORD Who always listens.
A theme of memories and the disciples,
How they could remember Christ's words
The same way I do; or I remember
A story such as Little Red Riding Hood
Or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Stories foundational to me,
Paul Bunyan, or I remember
Augusts long ago were cool
When for many years they were sweltering;
Why? Because it meant my Summer was come to an end;
And that, like Jesus, is important to me.
On The Universe
The Greeks just thought it was infinite and always existed.
No, the great sages of the past all saw God's handiwork in Geometry. Some people don't understand even basic things, so that makes faith all the more important. I see the design in the universe when I study number and Euclid. Even Chemistry works through number and the four operations.
That's fundamentally what Newton expected to find, that if a God existed the laws of physics ought to be comprehensible. And he saw in Geometry a consistent language and if he found it in the very laws of the Universe it would have to be designed.
I don't think, either, it's right to say that the laws of physics just sprouted into being by chance. What they show, when you study them, is intricately complex webs of logic that all work perfectly together, which the only conclusion to have from that is a designer. And then language also shows that.
Some people don't comprehend addition or subtraction. Some people claim it's all made up by Western Whites. Some people claim there is no goodness. Some people claim there is nothing truly beautiful. All of those are false statements, but evade the intellect of our best minds. Due to stubbornness and politics, but it is the right conclusion that all of that objectively exists, and so does God. Which Christ is the only truly good God out of millions, so it must be Him.
Philosophical Reflection 1
In this world both light and dark exist, and human nature is filled with antinomies. It's just the nature that it is what it is. That'd be my answer. Even right and wrong are antinomies. What's wrong in one circumstance doesn't always apply to another. That's why war is sometimes necessary, and also capital punishment; sometimes it's necessary to forgive a heinous wrongdoer. A quadratic function--or even cubic--has multiple answers, and the answer fits to the circumstance, and only that circumstance. Therefore, each and every thing is fitted to its time and season.
Sermon 2
My, not Paul's teachings on marriage.
Listen, my brethren, to Paul, for marriage brings worldly sorrows. But, good worldly sorrows, for one then has company in this strange world, and recourse to expire worldly lusts. And a spiritual sister or brother, whom flesh binds with flesh, and a child springs forth into this world, sown between the fruits of two lovers.
If you cannot afford or fathom how to take care of your children, do not have sex. But, if your wife or husband have desire, satisfy it fully. And have the children, for God shall abundantly provide for a household sown in love. Sown in discord, it shall have curses, but in love, and peace, and no enmity or strife, there shall be fruitful fields and gardens, and springs, and wells, and rivers, and much fleshly lusts expired through the satisfaction of your mate.
Do not marry one of the same sex. Do not change your gender from your sex. For if you do that, you will surely die in the lake of fire. Until you divorce this strange spouse, and expire the lust completely, whether by castration, then so be it. Or by neutering, then so be it. Whether by plucking out your eyes, or ears, then so be it. My heart aches, that questions like these were not common for so many years, and yet now everyone is forced to ask them. Or, if you have no lust, you may remain whole, and not a Eunuch, but abide in peace.
If unmarried, the LORD shall bring you dreams if you need them. Wash, do not enter into battle, and your soul shall be purged of fleshly lusts. It is better not to have dreams, however. Also, do not be filthy Dreamers, looking for lusty ways to gratify your desires.
As for birth control, use whatever you wish, but maximize the pleasure. But, do not kill the seed, or the egg, or the fetus. That is my teaching, not Paul's.
Also, love your spouse as much as you can. Indulge in love, and feel love for one another. Drink deep of each other's cisterns and wells, in the love enjoined in the two through the fleshly covenant of marriage. Love her, deep love, and true love. Make heavenly peace the union you share with your spouse, and friendship felt most sincere. For if it is not this, you cannot be divorced.
Do not get divorced. Not for any reason, other than adultery. Any other reason, causes infidelity, and is wickedness.
Do not fantasize about anyone beside your spouse. And if you do not have a spouse, do not fantasize, but let your dreams purge worldly lusts. Do feel a bit guilty for dreams, however, as they are not good. But, do not feel like you have sinned, either. Only that you are unclean. But if you do have a spouse, fantasize about her often, for she is your soulmate, and she is whom God gave you as your portion in this life.
Have one spouse unto death, and if need be another in widowhood. And if your spouse has touched the flesh of adultery, you are made free.
Sermon 1
Brethren, Greetings in Philadelphia. I come to acknowledge that a great mischief has been wrought in the land. Men are being led astray to dismember themselves, and turn themselves into women. And women the same, fashion loins for themselves through strange science. There are women who exert their own rule over men. And men who see women as a lesser creature, and not with the soul of man. There is greed, concupiscence, and a fire about to be put out by Sin and its idolatry.
I say, these are evil times we live in, but it was asked, "How do we save Christianity?" For the heathen think we are about to perish, as they plot to take our liberty away, and kings strip the title of "Church" from their domains. We shall not perish, but be gathered to all the worlds, my brethren, and brought back to Zion. We save a man's soul through the law, and our sobriety. We walk in peace, and love, and charity toward our fellow man, and give right answers. So even the Heathen , when they are rebuked to their face, they know that it is because we love them, and not because we wish to harm them.
Hell exists, my brethren, and it is a comfort to me. For I see all the suffering caused by the heathen, and I weep at the disasters they reap, always causing distress to themselves and others, by stripping away that which is natural to man, and replacing it with something base and unkind. For they say "Consent" as if it were a word which granted them license to do all manner of evil. Can you consent to the destruction of your own soul? Surely you can, and it will reap the same vengeance as it did in this life, and there will be no pleasure in it in hell, when it is through.
As for heaven, Zion is Peace, and we obtain her through the arts of Kindness, Charity, Love, and Good Fruit. She is beautiful, so desire her like a comely maid. I do not know what heaven shall be, but take all the good you see in this life, and put your hopes there, for Satan will not allow you to have a good life, if he were able. If you have a good life, rejoice, but tremble for many are taken off the path of righteousness by worldly lucre.
The prophets are among us, and speaking, and the tabloids are running stories of insane conspiracies. Maybe they are true. Maybe they are not. In my own estimation, it is sin that is causing everything, and not the agency of man working destruction, but rather sinners with no knowledge of the good, trying to construct a "Better World" where their vision has nothing like love, charity or kindness, but rather has lust, greed and self-assertion. And this is the world they are creating, and the world rejoices in this new creation. And it shall, Christians, therefore seek to obtain Mercy as a Prize, for she is beautiful among all others, and she is one. Seek after Mercy, and Peace and Wisdom, and bind them to your bosom, and lie down with them in matrimony. Marry them to your soul, and you shall have all the worldly fruits for repentance and righteousness. And not the fruits of vanity and greed.
Brethren, Suicide is a grievous sin, and the heathen being so frustrated by our words, take their own lives, to spite us. For this cause, Brethren, keep preaching the truth, and you shall retain Mercy, and they hell. For the fires are quenched in them, of good fruit and spirits, and they have wedded to themselves Sin in Holy Matrimony. A marriage of sin and flesh, conjoined to the corruption of the State and corruption of the Soul. Therefore, preach repentance to them in kindness, so if they do die by our words, they were at least warmly entreated, and not harshly criticized. Preach to them in love, and not bitterness, envy or slander.
Also, keep back the storms of Antichrist, by watching the clouds moving in on the horizon. Know the times. Keep Peace in your hearts, and Wisdom, and Mercy, and Love, and Justice, and know the times we live in, are not good times. For, being so cursed upon the earth for a little while, the curse itself will save you, having not received your earthly reward--or perhaps you have lost it--you shall attain a better hope for the world to come, and all your sin purged from you, you shall be married in the land of Zion. And eat the Supper Feast with our LORD of the Fruit of Life, the Milk and Honey of Zion, and the Living Waters. It shall taste better than any earthly morsel, and greater still, shall be our cities and gold and mansions.
Brethren, keep at bay all sinful thoughts, all sinful lusts... and know I write a sermon not Scripture... for I write many sermons, and many words to you. Do not depart from the Sixty Six books of the Bible, but seek where it is written, and seek witnesses for yourselves among the Heathen, that confirm God's Word. Seek for wisdom, and refined by fire, you shall be tested as Gold come out of the furnace, and made a Holy Portion for the LORD. Don't commit suicide, but rather run the race, and many shall follow after you, and shall be tried in the same furnace as you, my loves. And perhaps, a holy sacrifice shall be left, of even worldly prosperity, and we shall be saved from the testing to come.
B. K. Neifert 