Over twenty years ago, I discovered a truth,
The sovereignty of God, it was a proof,
I loved the endless implications it brought,
And so I studied and I sought.
I learned of grace and its particular ways,
And how the gospel is not offered, but presented in grace,
I learned of salvation from above,
Not a result of duty, but a gift of love.
I learned of God's sovereignty, how all things He ordained,
Even the tiniest, His plan for salvation obtained,
And I rejoiced in the doctrine of Justification from Eternity,
And how sanctification is in Christ alone, and not our ability.
But now, I've learned to be tolerant of others' opinions,
For all true knowledge and revelation is a gift, granted by the Father's dominion,
And when I see those who claim to share my perspective, yet act with arrogance and strict dogmatism,
I am distressed and heartbroken, for they miss Christ's own prism.
So let us remember, in our debates and discussions,
To remain gracious, forgiving, and peaceable, with love and compassion,
For we may not agree on every doctrine and belief,
But in Christ, we find true relief.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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