The Truth About Love

 

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The Truth About Love

Introduction

1.  The Truth About Love

The nature of love is hardly evolutionary, some big bang affair,
It’s origin too lofty, no survival of the fittest, dog eat dog, here.
And all why love’s oft referred to as heavenly, or exquisitely divine,
And even romantic love spoken of as celestial, hence that cloud nine.

Yes, love in all its forms being something beyond mere human invention, and
Of a pure nature, free of self and corruption, all why with truth it’s seen to stand.
Be it agapē, storge, phileō, or erōs love, its not Darwinian,
And this being why we must recognise love’s supernatural origin.

And given love’s wonder, it stands to reason it must come from a wondrous source,
An intelligence even greater than ours, and not some impersonal force,
But a source free of our weaknesses, unworthy propensities, soiled, fallen state,
A sphere way beyond ours, where what’s thought, said and done, love is seen to motivate,

And where that same love is seeking to restore and elevate humanity,
Hence its graciousness given our rebelliousness, callousness and profanity.
Oh yes, love not hiding our reality, but intent on recovery,
All why it leads the open and willing on a journey of discovery.

And thus love having a good end in mind — and that being, our best interests,
Which is why in every aspect of our life it productively invests.
And love believing in justice, hence why there’s no running away from things, nor
Getting away with things, ’cause how would things be if it weren’t for this or that law?

Oh yes, love’s not silly, all why it wants to renew our hearts and minds, so that
Doing good and what’s right will come naturally, such being where it’s all at.
Thus the entrance of love changing us, taking us beyond where we are, so that
We’ll become as if love itself, a living witness, and that too, where it’s at.

Love’s not something that we could’ve thought up, nor can it come out of nothing, no,
Love being too profound, pre-existing (like the sun which also sees things grow).
Or like the wind, felt but not physically grasped, though seen in operation,
Love passionate, beautiful and purposeful, not some out-of-the-blue creation,

Nor what oft passes for love these days, but something that’s selfless, sincere and true,
Something amazingly powerful, beyond our ken, touching me, touching you.
Something that keeps on amazing, it oft miraculous, and always faithful,
Something that should burn within us all, thus attracting via its magnetic pull.

Yes, love’s not an evolutionary thing, but a mystery, if you well,
Foreign to fallen hearts, but changing fallen hearts, and removing inward ill.
No emotionless force doing that, but a Creator, superior being;
And evidence of a designer — oh, how precise the cosmos! — agreeing.

Yes, love can’t come from something, but only a Someone, Someone with feelings too,
Someone who’s all about goodness, right doing, what’s sound, beneficial and true.
Love being the highest form of intelligence, the greatest revelation,
And hence why there’s nothing else that can bring about as bigger transformation.

And so, love’s not evolutionary, nor thought up, thus beyond invention,
It existing outside of us, yet dwelling within us, where that’s our intention.
Love not forcing its way in, but seeking permission, ready to move and mould,
Though only in the surrendered heart, ’cause love can’t survive where the heart is cold.

Ahhh, religious humbug, you say, but hey, love having no religion, yet found
Anywhere and everywhere, thus not partial, exclusive, nor you or I bound.
No, love’s bigger than all of us, and existing despite us, and all why we
Can’t claim it, but simply embrace it, express it, live it, nobly and freely.

Without love, humanity would’ve perished long ago; compassion, charity,
Tolerance and forgiveness soon gone, along with sympathy and empathy.
Oh yes, there being so much that we owe to love, and all why love’s critical,
And thus far, it having held back even greater harm, coldness, ill and evil.

But how many still listen to love’s voice these days, and all love’s wishes fulfil,
Given that the world’s become far more corrupt and violent, terribly ill?
All which love could’ve prevented if it had been in each heart, and there to stay,
Living and breathing, connected to its outside source, and having all the say.

Love is what we are, not what we do, but we doing because of what we are,
The state of our heart dictating, love transcending good deeds, the reason for the bar.
Thus good deeds not making a good person, but that transforming love when within,
Which governs all that is thought, said and done, revealing those who are genuine.

The truth is, that love’s all about others, not ourselves, we loving them, and they
Loving us, thus love an inward thing for outward use, which we duly obey.
But if our cupboard’s bare, how can we share, and hence that source of supply, which we
Need to be plugged into, which isn’t humanity, nor of Darwin’s theory.

Yes, love came from Someone divine, it there before us, ’cause the following’s true:
We can’t fall from a fallen position, and fall we have, our lives so askew.
Our love but a shadow of its former self, we needing to find our way back,
So that love in all its fullness may be seen, and thus our hearts and minds on track.

By Lance Landall

2.  Tears Of Sadness

Love looked at the world one day and burst into tears, “Oh, so many shame me so,
'Cause I'm nothing like they make out, and as for likening me to sex, oh no.
Love, love, sex, sex, and how dare they when I’m nothing like they’re speaking and acting,
As if they’re experts regarding me, yet there they go again, someone attacking.

Oh, how they’re all over the place, one minute nicey-nicey, then rather cruel,
As if I’m like that — the cheek! — I never changing, they taking me for a fool.”
Love’s tears like a river, but they pooling ’round the forgotten and rejected,
Love not into itself, but into others, exactly as I expected.

By Lance Landall

3.  Accidentally

Love accidentally looked in the mirror, but never saw itself, just those in need,
The hurting, the suffering, the mistreated, and oh, how it made love’s heart bleed.
Love’s heart always bleeding, because such poor souls are many, and there, love thus found,
Love always anywhere and everywhere, its eyes roving, ears to the ground.

Yes, love’s there for all, be they in need or not in need, but more so where there’s need,
Given how the needs of those in need aren’t always met, and hence love’s kindly seed.
Yes, it sowing all the time, and looking for fertile ground, and I hope that’s you,
Leaving the gate wide open just like me, and love popping in and out on cue.

By Lance Landall

4.  Vehicles

“Love,” I asked, “How busy are you?” And Love replied, “Well, that’s really up to you,
And others, I might add, because I can only do what I’m allowed to do.
In other words, I never force myself on anyone, but always there though,
Should they want or need me, but in the form of you or others, I hope you know.

The truth is, I simply can’t go anywhere without a vehicle, meaning:
Human transport, a heart to be carried in, and whether sunny or teeming.
And twenty four seven too, there simply just not enough hours in the day,
Yet those vehicles proving harder to find, when I don’t have time to delay.”

By Lance Landall





Christian content.
This poem was a very interesting one, because not only was it a very direct and
quick answer to a heartfelt prayer, but seemingly didn't want to stop.

Religion should never be forced but only chosen, never an intruder but only a guest,
never a threat but only a blessing, never a ritual but only a heartsong, and never political
but only God-centered.

"The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded."
Charles-Louis De Secondat (1689-1755), French judge, historian and political philosopher

5.  I Would Like A Word With You, Donald

It seems my understanding of Christianity is different to yours,
You saying and doing certain things that give me serious reason to pause.
After all, Christ never slagged and mocked people, yelled and raged at them, nor told lies,
And He so removed from that authoritarianism that’s on the rise.

Christ not an enforcer, nor zealot, and His firmness tied to His love and care,
And thus harming, hurting, depriving or oppressing anyone, wouldn’t dare.
No, such not in His nature, He anti-violence, hate, racism and war,
And all why He came to save, change hearts and minds, midst caring for the sick and poor.

And He not spiteful, nor revengeful, but an upholder of justice and law,
Who said, “Love your enemies,” so we’re to love all, and not His clear will ignore,
Or else, He said, Heaven won’t be for us, but for those who repent, and don’t offend,
Thinking, talking and acting like Him, not zealots who attack rather than tend.

Christ all about peace and harmony, not a creator of chaos and fear,
But a loving, caring, impartial God, to whom liberty is very dear.
“Come let us reason together,” He said, and thus free speech being critical,
And that right to accept or reject Him, He both humble and patient as well.

Yes, God is big enough for us to be honest with Him without any fear,
He not responding harshly to criticism, those “Whys?” often heard in prayer.
He a God of integrity, not someone with a record, but pure of heart,
Sound of mind, and straight as a dye, and why only truth He is seen to impart.

His coming having ushered in a whole new order of things, out with the old,
That pharisaical mentality, that eye for an eye, such harsh and cold.
He wanting to ease burdens, not enlarge them, and another thing He made clear,
Was don’t harm children, those who’re innocent, or Divine wrath will be brought to bear,

And the same regarding those pregnant women bombed, seemingly without a care.

For God, it’s love first and foremost, how we treat others, and His eye’s very keen,
’Cause there has to be a day of reckoning, love enraged by any cruel scene.
Thus errant bombing and supplying tallied up too, or wrong accusation,
Wrongful arrest or imprisonment, and any vise grip over a nation.

Oh, how Christ hates cruelty, unfairness, skulduggery, fibs and complicity,
He honest, transparent and slow to anger, and never acting recklessly.
America a mess right now, and a country to be feared, which says to me,
Your God’s different to mine, Donald, thus the same thinking as mine doesn’t share.

As far as Christian belief goes, there’s only one God, and He’s unchangeable,
Thus Christian nationalism way out of sync, the creator of more ill.
Christ never having forced His truths, and stayed well away from the political,
Well knowing His kingdom’s not of this world, and thus why my soul I will not sell.

In the Bible’s End-time book of Revelation, it speaks of a certain power,
One that once was lamb-like, but which then becomes dragon-like, all near Christ’s coming hour.
Well, America used to be lamb-like, but not any more it seems, and so,
This cruel power that gets control of the whole world somehow, I’m thinking I know;

And if it's not via you, Donald, it will be via someone else, 'cause God's Word says so.

Yes, who would’ve believed what we’re seeing today, democracy under threat,
Attacks on free speech and journalists rising, the scene for something being set.
And it’s not love at work, nothing Christ-like about it, but evil zealotry,
The voices of the people being silenced — yes, we looking at tyranny.

And who might be behind this tyranny, though all roads leading to Rome, and so
Be it you, Donald, those behind you, or those behind them, only time will show.
And so, I know who I’ll put my trust in, because He is the one who’ll prove true,
Not fallen men who’re never trustable, but Christ, whose promised coming is due.

Force not His way, unlike what we see today, the world full of ambitious men,
Those with agendas, mistaken theology, and why here we go again.
And a devil behind it (God’s adversity), he ambitious too, I must say,
Seeking control of Earth via willing human pawns, and thus it him getting his way.

And so, that ultimate plan must play out before the universe, so that then
All will see where evil ultimately leads, why trust mustn't be put in men.
God vindicated forever — yes, the God of love, and why it is that He
Wants to see His character reflected in us, so that like Him, we may be.

Yes, we not to be boasters, Donald, narcissism all about self, so too
That desire for power which got a devil in trouble, things going askew.
Filthy lucre another trap, it leading to arrogance, pride, and therefore,
We minding what can lead astray, and when our duty’s to the struggling and poor.

No, this isn’t fake news, but fact, reality, not propaganda, and thus
We to be seekers of truth, and wisely heeding those loving warnings of Jesus.
And I suspect Satan might try to pretend he’s Christ one day, fooling us all —
Well, most, that is — endorsing that global power before its dramatic fall.

God hardly setting up His kingdom in a fallen world (midst a mixed multitude,
Sinners and saints), thus we needing to be informed, or that awakening rude.
Christ coming for those who’re Christ-like, and not those who misuse the reigns of power,
But those in whom there’s no guile, those whose Christian aroma is sweet and not sour.

All why God’s not into making America great again, but hearts and minds —
EVERYWHERE — thus He not into countries, but people, and that love that binds.
Patriotic fever creating a them and us mentality, and so,
Christ drawing all unto Him, the way, the truth, the life, where lasting peace we’ll know.

And all why, Donald, I see your presence as a rebuke to America, a
Country that’s gone astray — and you, hardly God appointed, but also astray.
All why the courts have said “No” to this and that, and then there’s all that discontent,
And that cry of impeachment, which clearly shows that your rule wasn’t Heaven sent.

And so, those Christians behind you just as foolish, and more hooked on power too,
Seemingly wanting a different king to the King of Kings, thus so askew.
“Oh, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” Christ at Calvary pled,
'Cause so much done in His name knows nothing of Him, and many easily led.

Oh, to think that you thanked God for that bombing of Iran's nuclear sites! Wow!
The utter blasphemy of it, that war being brought to America now.
Too bad about the constitution, though such an impeachable offence, and
Contrary to God's law too, and why before His judgment seat, one day you'll stand.

Oh yes, your God's WAY different to mine, as if He would back a felon, who
Backs another felon, one who desires being a wartime president too.
Thus all that talk about wanting peace being nothing but mere smoke and mirrors,
And why we're faced with the continuance of even more sorrows and horrors.

Yes, a blind eye turned to Israel's clandestine nuclear sites, all due to
A false biblical narrative and oil interests, hence that inspection due.
But no, both America and Israel seemingly above the law, and
Hence the hypocrisy we're witnessing that's on a scale that's well beyond grand.

When a president utters that four letter word, demands the Noble Peace Prize,
A loss of credibility and integrity soon comes as no surprise.
That high calling blighted, and given your Christian profession, Donald, it's clear
Hypocrisy and corruption's the order of the day, and more ill, I fear.

As for those Christians pushing you to usher in the 'end times' (as they see it),
They're fulfilling prophecy that points to and condemns them, to whom you submit,
Thus guilty too, and as if God can't manage His own affairs, which clearly means
More effrontery, God more than completely in control of Earth's closing scenes.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned on 12 June 2025 and added to on the 26 June.

For more on this subject, see my pages Humanity, purple box, Home page, Wisdom And Truth Matter,
grey box, Home page, and my page World Concerns, orange box, Home page.

Fact checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims
during Donald Trump's first presidential term. What must that figure be like now?
One of the Ten Commandments states that one must not lie.


"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), American novelist and social critic.

"During the last two decades, these principles [of church-state separation] have been challenged,
often successfully, by Christian fundamentalists...Under the banner of the Christian Coalition,
they have merged with the conservative wing of the Republican Party, becoming an active force
in politics and enjoying a series of election successes."
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

"NPR reported that Mike Johnson [speaker of the US House of Representatives] has ties to the New
Apostolic Reformation, an extreme far-right Christian movement seeking to dissolve the US’s separation
between church and state by “any means necessary.”
Motherjones.com

"Then I [the apostle John] saw another beast [power] coming out of the earth [a new land]. He had two horns  like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon [changes character]. He exercised all the authority of the first beast [a past  persecuting power] on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast [fulfills the past power's historic evil intentions], whose wound had been healed [it having revived from its previous historic fall]"
(Rev 13:11,12, NIV).

"There are six things the Lord hates — no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands
that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out
lies, a person who sows discord in a family" (Prov 6:16-19, NLT).

“ ‘And you will hear of WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS...FOR NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION,
AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM...All these are the begining of sorrows’ ” (Matt 24:6-8, NKJV).

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord (healthy respect), we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience" (2 Corinthians 5:10,11, ESV).





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6.  I'm Not One Of Them

I don’t blame you, if, going by what you’ve heard and seen, you’ve been put off Christians,
What with those brash in-your-face approaches, and that self-righteous pointing out of sins,
That Hell-fire carryon, that Gay bashing, and that Ten Commandments in schools thing,
Or those insurrectionists, who to their religious banners, were seen to cling.

To put it another way, those hard right MAGA evangelicals, and Trump
(Smugly holding up a Bible) — oh, how their proud, callous bigotry they thump.
Their pulpit the White House, it their way or the highway, and in God’s name — the cheek!
And given that God expressly stated that His kingdom’s only for the meek.

Well, I’m a Christian, but what you’re witnessing isn’t me, nor all Christians, and
It’s not Christianity either, but Christendom — astray, please understand.
Christians meant to witness in quiet humility, not wearing their religion,
But living it, and with the utmost thought and dignity, like the true Christian.

Personally, I’m not ashamed of Christ, but prudent, having seen the harm done,
And God’s not about force, but gentle persuasion — the only way hearts are won.
Thus I’m not here to put my stamp on you, such but your choice alone, and therefore,
Religion a personal matter, not a Church and State matter, so forget law.

Sure you might notice something Christian in my home, perhaps hanging on the wall,
But my home’s my home, though I still not over-the-top, my eyes still on the ball.
It all about a personal relationship, not some showy affair, so
You won’t find me bailing someone up, and nor religious relics in a row.

I’m not afraid to defend my God, and if called to, I will, but as they say,
There’s a time and place — and it is about saving souls, at the end of the day.
Thus an opportunity presented will be taken, but only so far,
Not all doors open wide, but cautiously ajar, and I knowing why they are.

And all why you won’t find me behind the wounding and killing of anyone,
Nor wrongly using Scripture to support such, an ill condemned by Christ the Son.
Hence why He said, “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and also, “Love your enemy,”
And this why I’m not amongst those wrongly justifying war prophetically.

And why I also show love to everyone, Jew, Muslim or atheist, and
Be they black or white, thus acting like Christ, who died to save all, and there I stand.
Yes, an upholder of the preciousness of human life, treating all the same,
Christ-likeness the great command, to be the way of all who take the Christian name.

So those ills you’ve been seeing in God’s name aren’t me, though not perfect, by the way,
But seeking what’s right with all my heart, and via God’s grace, growing with every day.
I not into power, politics or money, but humble service, and thus
A God pleaser and not a man pleaser, my hope solely founded in Jesus.

Yes, I have seen it all, there being fakes in every organisation,
But one not throwing the baby out with the bathwater, a sad situation.
Christianity all about the Good News Gospel, thus love, hope, thought and care
(Peace and harmony too), and why the burdens of others, Christians should help bear.

In other words, they there wherever people are suffering, or mistreated,
Helping or standing up on their behalf — all in need, wholeheartedly greeted.
They Christ-like, an example, role model, integrity and nobleness their hallmark,
And that’s where I want to be found, my voice a quiet call, no Pharisaical bark.

Yes, Christianity’s all about God, and Christendom’s all about people,
The latter responsible for those shameful things oft seen under a steeple,
Or what we’re seeing come the political scene, known as hypocrisy,
It a sign of the times, and thus for many Christians, goodbye eternity.

All why I’m also not a pokerfaced sort, stern and harsh, nor judgmental too,
Though upholding standards and biblical doctrine, what one should and shouldn’t do.
The Christian walk supposed to be positive, gracious to all, one forgiving,
And not obsessed with this or that, nor straining at gnats, but joyfully living.

It all about balance, and all about liberty — yes, that freedom to choose
This path or that path, and I’ve chosen mine, because ill such as theirs, I refuse.
A false witness harms Christianity, and makes other Christians look bad too,
And hence where apologetics comes in, something I’d rather not have to do.

By Lance Landall


“Many [Christians] will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity’ ” (Matt 7:22,23, KJV).





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7.  No God Nor Love

I see no God nor love where bombs are dropping, where humans are being picked off,
Even if it’s done under some righteous banner, and why of God, many scoff.
Yes, I see no God nor love where innocent kids slowly die under rubble,
And where there’s talk of knocking off some leader, it nothing but outright evil.

Oh, how we’ve heard time and again those lying justifications, that false spiel,
That sick rhetoric, and why over such barbarity, many anger feel.
There’s nothing Christian about it, but pharisaical religiosity,
And there’s nothing that’s more abominable than a sanctioned atrocity.

Every bomb, missile and gun is designed to murder, to terribly harm,
Hence those shocking, nightmarish images, a decapitated head, lost arm.
No, there’s no God there, nor love, but men of callous character, who horribly
Continue to repeat history, and thus they but foes of humanity.

Yes, dinner time armchair critics having their say, but so far removed, not there,
Bodies bloodied and rotting, the stench of death thick, the scale of destruction sheer.
It like a suburban abattoir, kids, pregnant mothers — yes, the young and old,
The mind of their killer (and even sadistic torturer) seared, their heart morgue-like cold.

War for war’s sake, money’s sake, ambition’s sake, and they alone making that call,
Not the people, but errant or warmongering leaders, who do not stand tall.
They weak men, cowardly men, deluded men, who deprive the sick and needy,
Racking up debt that’s just as obscene, and recruitment wise, eyes cruelly beady.

Yes, there goes your brother, sister, father, mother, cousin, uncle, or dear friend —
Cannon fodder — and on the other side, sad recipients, a callous end.
No, there’s no God there, nor love, but butchers, sadists, rapists, ‘cause that’s how war goes,
It knowing nothing of morality, nor decency, which commonly shows.

And adding to the hell, that support of fellow countrymen sold a big lie,
Too often the case, sadly, when all should be shouting “No!” and thus such not buy.
No good coming out of war, wars solving nothing, but still they continue on,
And seemingly increasing today, and given that the better men have gone.

The biggest crisis we face is the deterioration of character,
Nobility and integrity gone, it seems, all why greater ills occur.
War crimes by the bucketload, international laws ignored, and why it’s clear
There’s no God nor love found there — and a cross wrapped in a flag, more reason for fear.

Yes, religious zealotry leading to greater crimes against humanity,
It’s God but a monster, it’s dogma but a menace, and when all should be free.
But “No”, says tyranny, errant doctrine, deluded men, fools who pursue war,
’Cause there's no God there, nor love, but a cupboard that’s bare, a shut and bolted door.

As far as a God goes, I only know of one God, one who died to save, and who
Stands for love, and love never turns to other means, it but itself, pure and true.
And therefore, so too that God, otherwise He wouldn’t be worth following, and
Why He isn't where there is injury, except to lend a comforting hand.

He certainty not sanctioning, and nor taking part in, such brutality,
But condemning such outright given His undying love for humanity.
Everyone, that is, He a God of peace and not war, who one coming day
 (Going by His Word), will deal with evil and evildoers, not “Well done” say.

All why where there’s murder and destruction, I see no God nor love, but sheer hell,
An evil scene, a devil’s workshop, thus nothing good to come of it, but ill.
Soldiers but pawns in a dirty game, willing or otherwise, and die they do,
Or end up invalids, and all for what, nothing but madness — yes, through and through.

By Lance Landall


“The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right
are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters” (1 John 3:10, NRSV).





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8.  It's Not Christianity

No, it’s not Christianity, but Christendom — there’s a BIG difference here —
One to do with GOD, one to do with PEOPLE, the latter being who guilt share.
The Gospel Of Christ being all about love, not those wrong and heinous acts seen,
All due to errant Christians, that shameful people problem that has always been.

So, hold up the Bible the likes of Trump can, but where hypocrisy is seen,
It won’t mean a thing, and only shame will bring, fuelling that anti-Christian scene.
And it’s no wonder, given how these Christians make God and His Word look so bad,
Having strayed from Him, and His Word, and the results of such, being very sad.

Yes, if it’s not outlawing this or that, or installing this or that, then it’s
Cruelly bagging homosexuals, or whatever else their zealotry fits.
It being one thing to hold a belief, another to act inhumanely,
And how via their Christian Nationalism, they darken Christianity.

There are two paths in life, and we either taking one or the other, and they:
That path that reveals love, or that path that doesn't, there really being no grey.
The truth of us revealed by our choice, our everyday words and actions, and
Thereby, we either loving or not, dealing a helping or destructive hand.

The whole purpose of Christianity is the changing of hearts and minds, so
Every Christian should be improving, not regressing, and which time will show.
Yes, “By their fruits you’ll know them,” the Good Word says, so where that love is not revealed,
But harshness, cruelty, deception and corruption, lips had better not be sealed.

And hence my pen, the whole world needing to know, deceivers having been many,
When, within Christendom, and come those errant Christians, there shouldn’t be any.
But not all who call themselves a Christian are anywhere close to being one,
Their witness but a sham, and why Heaven’s door will slam, given all the harm they’ve done.

No Christian’s perfect, but we’re not talking perfection here, but whether they’re true;
In other words, a genuine Christian, or whether they’re someone one sees through.
If Christianity’s not making a difference, it’s the person at fault,
Not Christianity (but Christendom), which from within, too many assault.

And their focus not being on God, but beef after beef, like the Pharisees,
Straining at gnats, or going about right wrongly — it an insidious disease.
Christianity not about force, but gentle persuasion, and where there’s, “No,”
One respecting that, because at all times, everywhere, Christ-likeness should show.

And where it doesn’t — FALSE WITNESS! — damage, in other words — which puts people off,
And why at the mention of Christianity, sadly, they oft sneer or scoff.
All of which disappoints God, and draws His wrath, because Christians should know all this,
And why where there’s such ill, there’s no coo of a dove, but a nasty serpent’s hiss.

And thus rather than God’s love, it’s all about abortion clinics, and Hellfire,
Or the Ten Commandments in schools — as if Christianity rules! Their state dire.
Politicians, by the way, there to run the country, not rule it, yet sadly,
Many Christians wanting that same power, though called to be servants, actually.

Such power in the hands of the religiously errant is the worst of all things,
Which, among other abominable things, and in time, persecution brings.
But they not listening, intoxicated with their own prideful conclusions,
The past full of the same type of zealots with their obsessions and delusions.

And yes, history is repeating itself, hence that insurrection mob, where
Those Trump-like Christians gave a taste of what we’re seeing today, and hence my fear.
Such being a path that always leads to evil, though clad in saintly attire,
Attire the knowing see through, and that’s already stoking persecution’s fire.

Yes, such hardly that path of love, that wining Christ-likeness, that Good News Gospel,
But an errant religion of force, fear, arrogance and empty ritual.
Another Pharisaical aberrance, even string-em-up brigade,
Which saw Christ hung on Calvary, thus it far from heavenly, purely manmade.

Yes, something superimposed, a usurper, which the Bible has predicted,
It soon turning into what God’s Word calls a beast power, such unexpected;
In other words, such taking the world by surprise, it another Church and State,
And its source being the least expected nation — recognition coming too late.

A path love wouldn’t dream of taking, nor it in line with Scripture, and therefore,
It actually anti-Christ, and anti-dissenters, penalised by law.
And time revealing this, and it not to be supported, going by God’s Word,
But rather, warned of, and why with truth that’s bound in love, ourselves we need to gird.

And by the way, schools are for educating, not indoctrinating, and hey,
Whose religion? And here we go again, it but a religious power play.
And the State favouring who, or is it a hijacking? Yes, seems they don’t learn,
Trump but Christian Nationalism’s Barabbas, and why from them too, Christ will turn.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned 9 August 2025.

See the Bible texts under the poem titled: Steps.





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9.  I Felt Compelled To Say It

I personally and firmly believe that Trump's NOT been appointed by God, but
More allowed as a REBUKE to an errant America, open and shut.
Thus he not a saviour, but a Barabbas, an unrepentant criminal,
Whose lying's legendary, whose rule is as close as it gets to tyranny, hell.

Yes, an ill-chosen man, supported by those Christians who’ve lost the plot too,
And who, rather than love, and unlike Christ, their stamp on all zealously pursue.
They stomping on lessons of the past, and ignoring what God has forbidden,
Their bigoted agenda now in the open, no longer subtly hidden.

There, I’ve said it, many feeling the same way too, and evidence abounding,
All why those who’ve condemned his ignoring of law, he’s been suing and hounding.
I not wanting to speak ill of someone, but he’s the leader of the so-called free world,
As if we haven’t had enough tyrants, who the dear throats of millions have held.

Yes, America’s never seen anything like it, love gone out the window,
And to think that it’s being done in the name of God! But not my God, oh no.
And the name of God being used by others too, one being Netanyahu,
Another one before the court on certain charges; they more than well askew.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned 12 August 2025.


Author's note: 
God does not appoint Presidents (Rom 13:1-5). The ruling power of human governments is entrusted to humans by God, according to His own purposes for our welfare. Thus no authority exists except by God's permission and under His control. However, what He allows doesn't always meet with His approval, though ultimately, He's still in control, and in due time, errant leaders will be held accountable. Likewise, God entrusts the electing of pastors and elders to humans, who, so very often, choose wrongly. And thus how we bring things on ourselves, be it via the Church or government. It was the Jewish revolts against Roman authority that provoked the Roman government's wrath. And so, God is effectively saying to us, "Don't go down the same path (despite the badness of certain leaders), or you'll make things worse for yourself, suffer as did the ancient Jews (who were dealt to, scattered), create anarchy, and rebel against My overall authority. So meantime, choose your leaders wisely, accept your lot, and wait for My coming rescue." Yes, God's providence is absolute, but His approval is not, otherwise He would simply be the author of evil.





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10.  Noble Peace Prize?!

I was thinking of how the Bible says those who want to be first will be last,
And how those who want to be last will be first, and then I thought of Trump and gasped.
There no humbleness there, but a warmonger wanting the Noble Peace Prize, when
His bombs have killed so many, but isn’t that the way with such deluded men.

Yes, men one cannot trust, thus excitement over that peace deal premature, and
Who’s really going to benefit in the end, despite it being their land?
Those poor Gazans having been through enough, yet it others deciding their fate,
The very ones who’ve been bombing them, and hence why with baited breath I won’t wait.

And why I believe I’ve nothing to lose by putting my trust in God, not men,
Who, after thousands of years of history, give me cause to pick up my pen.
Yes, another poet, another writer recording the same evils of men,
Nothing having changed with enlightenment; it a case of, here we go again.

Where one's heart and mind hasn’t changed, there’ll be no change, and hence that hypocrisy,
One pointing to God, yet acting like a devil, mistreating humanity.
Authoritarianism, cruelty, chaos, yet that Noble Peace Prize please,
And why I’m glad that right into the depths of one’s heart, there is a God who sees.

Oh yes, God missing nothing, I believe, thus a ceasefire not Trump’s redemption,
There no repentance, no Christ-like transparency, and thus here, no exemption.
But rather, judgment, a ceasefire not saving the already dead, shot or starved,
And when such could’ve been stopped long ago, and thereby, the number dead more than halved.

These things need saying, because they’re not only right, but very serious too,
And people having a right to the truth of the matter, lest they go askew.
Bad behaviour needing to be called out, not made the norm, which the young see through,
That next generation of leaders who need to know what’s right, wrong, false and true.

But even where the Noble Peace Prize is deserved, there is no integrity
In chasing it, throwing a paddy, and why Solomon said, “All is vanity.”
And hence that hero-like humbleness, no boastfulness nor narcissism there,
The latter keeping one out of Heaven, all why Trump has more reason for fear.

And Trump no peacemaker despite his boast, his threats legend, attacks on healthcare,
That peace prize belonging to aid workers and doctors, who’ve been living in fear.
They having risked their lives in order to feed and save, just like true Christians do,
Copying the One who came to heal and save, and thus they heroes in my view.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned on 11 October 2025.





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This poem is repeated on my page Wisdom And Truth Matter.

11.  Surely They Know That Grace Is Hardly Licence

Given our fitness for Heaven is judged on CHARACTER, and how LOVING we are,
Why do Trump and MAGA Christians think that God’s drastically lowered the bar?
The Bible talks of REPENTANCE, a CHANGE, one no longer acting un-Christlike,
And all why where there is little evidence of the latter, its, “On yer bike!”

And no surprises there, because God hates hypocrisy, condemns it strongly,
And all why Christians are held responsible for portraying Jesus wrongly.
Such putting people off God, having them think things that just aren’t so, and therefore,
God seeing them as hardly genuine, and come His judgment, in kicks His Law.

His Law being a mirror, how one KNOWS sin, hence why His Law is still valid,
And why Paul said, “Is God’s Law made void via His gift of grace? No, Heaven forbid!”
Excuse my paraphrasing, but that’s the truth of it, it inescapable,
God no fool, thus not intending that Heaven be for those who ignore His will.

And rightly so if the likes of Trump and MAGA Christians are claiming His name,
Ambassadors meant to rightly reflect who’s sent them, it not some trivial game,
But serious reality, Christ returning soon, and this all why Christians
Have been told to take their salvation very seriously, GONE the old sins.

Yes, surely they know that grace is hardly licence, for don’t they read their Bible?
And all why doctors, say, who don’t keep up with things, can also be held liable.
God not excusing ignorance here, we either Christians or not, and if we are,
It’s INCUMBENT on us to know all we need to know, thus MAINTAINING that bar.

And that bar being CHRIST-LIKENESS — love first and foremost — followed by SOUND doctrine,
Lest people see same sad behaviour that comes from Trump and the MAGA Christian.
People viciously attacked, ridiculed, taken to court, rounded up, and more,
Chaos and fear the order of the day, religion turning to manmade law.

Yet Christ not into force, cruelty, lies, deception, rubber stamping, or other,
But declaring we’re even to love our enemies, not just sister or brother.
And that being His main focus, not His Law in schools, but in HEARTS full of love,
Change never coming from threats, bullying, or enforcement, but Heaven above.

No, we cannot work our way to Heaven, but we can sure sin our way to….well,
Surely it’s clear, deliberate sinners displeasing God, who hates ill and evil.
After all, He’s a Holy, righteous God, who wants us free of sinfulness too,
Sin having got us where we are today, and errant followers nothing new.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned on 26 September and added to on 27 September 2025.

“You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness
of God in true righteousness and holiness [God accepts people where they are, but He gives them no excuse
for staying there]” (Eph 4:22-24, ESV).

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven will enter." (Matt 7:21, NASB).

“Many [Christians] will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity’ ” (Matt 7:22,23, KJV).

“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins [we will not be covered by God’s grace], but a terrifying expectation of judgment...” (Heb 10:26, 27, NASB).

“The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right
are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters” (1 John 3:10, NRSV).





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12.  Steps

For many decades, many of us have pointed to a coming tragic day,
When, in America, Church and State will marry, and freedom then go astray.
Well, that time’s either here or near, we certainly in the dating stage at least,
And things looking serious, a once lamb-like nation acting more like a beast.

The evidence there all along, that agenda in certain minds — yes, age old —
Much going on behind the scenes, and those moves having now become far more bold.
It only a matter of time, if not under Trump, then somebody else, and
Soon gone that civil and religious liberty that once reigned throughout the land.

Yes, steps, then quicker steps, and then the final step, whatever that step might be,
But in the nature of enforcement, then persecution, should one disagree.
A theocracy of a kind, authoritarian rule, gone liberty,
A return to the past, tyranny, global control over humanity.

Religion once again usurping rightful, secular, appointed governance,
Earth but a mixed multitude, and thus all why there should be no interference.
All free to follow their own conscience, thus days of persecution behind us,
That horror of force, violence and murder that’s strongly condemned by Jesus.

But no, the past about to be repeated, man creating his own saviour,
And all why we will know them by their fruits, we’re told, both their words and behaviour.
And if neither are Christ-like, nor in line with His Word, we’re looking at trouble,
But Christ’s return bringing an end to it, bursting that counterfeit bubble.

But not before another Gaza type atrocity, people singled out,
Those who refuse to worship that beast power — yes, those who remain true and stout.
Propaganda maligning them too, painting them what they're not, so that they too
Can be eliminated, and why we clearly need to know what’s right and true.

By Lance Landall


This poem was penned on 11 October 2025.

"He [the coming global government] was granted power to give breath to the image [copy] of the beast [the first beast, a past persecuting power], that the image [copy] of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image [copy] of the beast to be killed [here it's referring to dissenters, those who won't bow to certain demands]" (Rev 13:15, NKJV).

“Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image [copy], and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God…’ ”
(Rev 14:9,10, NKJV).

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