Friday, November 21, 2008

Keepin' it Theological

Okay, peeps, this could be fun! Let's have a go at finishing this short poem (and remember to keep it Theological...I'm talking to all eleven of you out there who read this blog) :

Tulips are Red
Violets are Blue...

Here is my contribution to get things started:

Tulips are Red
Violets are Blue
Your will is as free
As a gnu in a zoo.

...now it's your turn...
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25 comments:

  1. solas4meNovember 21, 2008 at 2:31 AM

    Tulips are red
    Violets are blue
    Grace is free
    It's not about you

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  2. hymns that preachNovember 21, 2008 at 2:55 AM

    Tulips are red,
    Daisies are yellow.
    Heaven is mine
    Cuz I'm a good fellow.

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  3. hymns that preachNovember 21, 2008 at 2:58 AM

    Wow, Eddie.

    You got eleven people reading your blog? How'd you do that in just a couple weeks? I've been blogging for a year and I only have six readers.

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  4. hymns that preachNovember 21, 2008 at 3:46 AM

    A tulip is red
    And so's a carnation
    If I don't watch out
    I'll lose my salvation.

    (I know, mine aren't theologically sound; they're satirical potshots at Arminianism. But I think they're funny anyway. Hope you don't mind.)

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  5. davedryerNovember 21, 2008 at 4:55 AM

    Tulips are Red
    Violets are Blue
    In sin I was dead
    In Christ was made new.

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  6. Eddie EddingsNovember 21, 2008 at 5:55 AM

    Niiiice...

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  7. Eddie EddingsNovember 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM

    Ralph, I love your "Arminian" humor. But, I need to let you know that a few of my friends (who lack a point or two) have hired a Christian hit-man (they use pies instead of bullets)to track you down.

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  8. hymns that preachNovember 21, 2008 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks for the "heads up," I'll be looking out for them.

    I'll try to contribute a couple more poems that are on point (or five points, for that matter) just for balance.

    Oh, and tell your friends I have bullets.

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  9. hymns that preachNovember 21, 2008 at 10:52 PM

    A tulip is red
    And so is a rose.
    Heaven is home
    To those whom God chose.

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  10. Doug P. BakerNovember 22, 2008 at 2:06 AM

    Some tulips are red
    Some tulips are blue
    But whatever the color
    The TULIP is true

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  11. Doug P. BakerNovember 22, 2008 at 2:07 AM

    Tulips are red
    Violets are blue
    Some brag, "I found it!"
    I say, "He found you!"

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  12. Eddie EddingsNovember 22, 2008 at 2:10 AM

    Doug...those last two should be placed in the Ogden Nash Hall of Fame. (if there was one)

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  13. hymns that preachNovember 22, 2008 at 2:17 AM

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  14. Doug P. BakerNovember 22, 2008 at 2:20 AM

    And if there isn't one, then there should be! Nash was a genius of the first order! We need a Calvinist Nash to drown out the gnashing teeth of the Open Theism crowd whenever God claims to know the future.

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  15. hymns that preachNovember 22, 2008 at 2:21 AM

    Oops, I had to delete the last comment due to a typographical error. I'll try to get it right this time.

    Tulips are pretty
    Until they turn brown.
    If God doesn't save you,
    Then you're going down.

    (I like Doug's contributions to this string. He's the winner)

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  16. Doug P. BakerNovember 22, 2008 at 2:35 AM

    Tulips are planted
    by God, not by elves;
    Daisies, however,
    Must plant themselves.


    OK, so I don't know how elves ever got in here except that it rhymed with "themselves."

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  17. hymns that preachNovember 22, 2008 at 2:48 AM

    Tulips are tulips.
    They grow up from seeds.
    They've always been tulips,
    They never were weeds.

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  18. Doug P. BakerNovember 22, 2008 at 3:13 AM

    Hey, that's cool, Ralph! It's better theology than botany, however, as tulips usually grow from bulbs rather than seeds.

    I must say, Eddie, your site is much more fun than any other I've been to!

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  19. hymns that preachNovember 22, 2008 at 3:17 AM

    My mistake. I knew they grew from bulbs. BUT they were tulip bulbs.

    And I agree, this is a fun site.

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  20. AndrewJanuary 26, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    Tulips are red
    Emergents are gray
    God is subjective
    So believe what you may

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  21. AndrewJanuary 26, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Tulips are red
    Arminians they choose
    If your faith isn't enough
    Your salvation you'll lose

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  22. Geoff and KatOctober 14, 2010 at 12:17 AM

    Tulips are red
    Violets are blue
    Doesn't matter at all
    Whatever is true for you!

    (Post-modern version)

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  23. Meghan NewAugust 8, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    *Putting on my bullet-proof body suit*

    Commies are red
    Democrats are blue
    If God hadn't saved me
    Then I'd be blue, too.

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  24. Meghan NewAugust 8, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    God's word is true.
    Rob Bell is yellow.
    The Bible's tough words
    Keep him from being mellow.

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  25. e. nonee mooseOctober 16, 2015 at 4:44 PM

    Tulips are blue
    Don't feel disrepected
    You're going to Hell
    'Cos you're not elected!

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