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For me, closest thing to nightmares would be dreams about some difficult or embarrassing social situations. I do also have some dreams about dangerous situations, but those are mostly just exciting. Often they remind me of action movies. It's fine as I'm typically not a defenceless victim in...

I tried to maintain a balance between the following four aspects of the Christian view of our future hope (as I understand it). 1. In some sense, we go to heaven or a pleasant heavenly state directly after death. 2. Yet our ultimate future hope is bodily resurrection in the future. 3. What...

The thought of classifying them as "hard rock" instead may have occurred to me at some point. I guess it's just the fact that most of the people performing here are known from bands that are typically classified as "metal".

Where others see the dark permanence of death He knows it's the decreed moment of sleep The Lord upholding all height, width, and depth Is the light faintly seen from beyond the deep The presence is better than being in the body Until body's redemption is made complete When the seed of renewed...

Rumors abound of the coming destruction One that will surely separate Every wolf from the lamb Grains of wheat from every tare World will confound to create a distraction But the redeemed and regenerate Are safe with the pierced hand That will gently wipe every tear This world must die And its...

I'll just add some commentary on this poem. I'll try to keep it reasonably brief and will mainly focus on the overarching idea (or a major aspect of it) that I find very interesting. Some parts of it are kind of speculative regarding a possible meaning below the surface of the relevant Biblical...

That would have been good, but I think I wanted to keep the scope somewhat narrow and focused this time. Also didn't want to add to its length. I also slightly dislike my word choice in the very first line: "Darkness rejoices wildly with death". For me, "rejoices" is somehow such a "pure" word...

Thank you. God bless you too!

"But not discerning the body of Christ They ate and drank for their judgement " Just in case it wasn't clear, this is an allusion to 1 Corinthians 11:29 but here it's applied to the victory of Christ over death. Death and darkness tried to "eat and drink" him but it was for their judgement...

Often my poems start from a dark place and end in the light. Personally I like the contrast and think it can help to highlight the glory of God (to whatever extent it may be reflected in my poems). But sometimes I do wonder if the darker tones are a bit "too dark" for some readers' liking. Just...

I think I'm noticing a similar phenomenon as in some of my poems. There are some distinctive key phrases that start to occur in multiple poems by the same author (e.g. "The One That Loves Me" was the title of one of your earlier poems and the same phrase occurs in this poem). That's probably...

I don't think it would threaten my faith, so not a big problem in that sense. Perhaps it would require rethinking some peripheral beliefs and also might renew interest in thinking more about some theological puzzles related to that issue. But it would still be kind of scary to think that we'd...

Then it would depend on their intentions. Best case scenario, they'd want to prevent nuclear destruction in Ukraine. Worst scenario could be almost anything. There's also the possibility that cv5 probably alluded to, that they would be something much more spiritually sinister but pretending to...

Didn't get to watch the video yet but what if they are secret US technology? Wouldn't necessarily be bad news then.

Darkness rejoices wildly with death About to consume life and light Aroma of destruction in their breath Eager to bring terror to the night As if cruel hyenas on their fresh prey In anticipation licking their lips Bloodthirsty howls of excitement convey Greed of the beastly mouth that drips The...

Perhaps this counts as Christian metal. In Finland there is this concept "Raskasta Joulua" (Heavy Christmas) where Finnish (and some international) metal vocalists tour the country performing Christmas music, usually in "metallized" versions of the original songs. Some of them are just...

I'm inclined to disagree with the title. This IS poetry. It may be other things too, and perhaps it's not arranged in the most typical poetry form. But the poetry in it still shines through. (y)

Behold the great writer becoming the story King of kings coming down to save and deliver The one eternally worthy of every glory Becoming the true gift that is its giver The unsurpassing treasure In a lowly jar of clay Humble dust without measure Transformed by its creator Great ruler become...

Thank you for your encouraging words. I'm glad you liked it. :)

Great point. I can't remember having ever checked that myself.