Analysis of Difficult Times Ahead



Understand that in the last days,
That there will be perilous times;
From commandments that someone strays,
Against humanity cause crimes.

For people self-lovers of pride,
Will be arrogant full of greed;
To be unholy not abide,
Ruthless cutthroat as to succeed.

Hardhearted without self-control,
And being lovers of pleasure,
Darkness surrounds a wicked soul,
Hoarding all his earthly treasure.

An appearance of godliness,
But is denying its power;
With no conscience when they transgress,
Disposition that tastes sour.

For among them are those who creep,
Capture weak women for passion;
Preparing to slaughter like sheep,
Lusts in immoral fashion.

Learning without knowledge of truth,
Being corrupted in the mind;
Having no faith makes them uncouth,
Their godlessness has made them blind.

But they will not get very far,
Their folly will be plain to all;
Since they do follow a dark star.
From the grace of God, they will fall.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Characters 975
Words 191
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Godlessness in the Last Days 2 Timothy 3:1-9

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Written on August 30, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on August 29, 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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