Analysis of Proclamation of Paul



I did not come to proclaim,
The testimony of God;
Rather the wisdom of shame,
That has caused you to be flawed.

Not for knowing anything,
Except Christ was crucified;
Of forgiveness, it would bring,
In knowing why He had died.

I was with you in weakness,
And in fear and much quiver;
That was coming from bleakness,
To baptize in the river.

My speech and my preaching,
Were not with enticing talk;
Rather wisdom in teaching,
For you to righteously walk.

To demonstrate His Spirit,
So that your faith might not rest;
With power what you merit,
That you always do your best.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE BFBF GHGH E
Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 134
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Proclaiming Christ Crucified 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

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Written on February 06, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on February 05, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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