Letters

After Romans 2:12-29

The letter of the law

matters most when

it becomes the practice

of the law, the serving

implied by the law,

the obedience made

obvious by the law,

the carving of the law

upon the heart so that

it lives within

and lives without.

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The prosecutor speaks

After Romans 2:12-29

The prosecutor stands, casting

his voice at the accused,

those who know but don’t act,

those who believe but don’t do,

those who speak the right words,

make the right claims,

teach the right precepts,

espouse the right behavior,

boast in their belief but

do none of it,

break all of it.

The prosecutor casts his voice

and pronounces the crime

of uncircumcision,

the judgment of condemnation.

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