Analysis of Faith Living



I’m not ashamed of the Gospel,
For it is the power of God;
The salvation of the people,
Believers who honor and laud.

First to the Jew, then to the Greek,
For therein is the righteousness;
And anyone else who does seek,
The Father’s faith and graciousness.

Righteousness from God is revealed,
That by faith the righteous shall live;
From faith for faith as it shall yield,
To trust the Father, He shall give.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 455
Words 94
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith Romans 1:16 & 17

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Written on October 19, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 18, 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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