A thief, a man of sin and shame,
On the cross, he bore the blame.
No church clothes, no pious guise,
No works to merit paradise.
No baptism, no tongues of fire,
No mission trips to spread the choir,
No offerings of wealth or time,
No confirmation, yet still he climbed.
The cross he hung, unable to kneel,
No sinner's prayer, no holy appeal,
But one belief, the thief held true,
That Christ was who He claimed to be, no other view.
No theologians' words or spin,
No shining lights, no ego within,
No miracles seen or pictures drawn,
Just faith alone, his heart shining strong.
For God so loved, He gave His Son,
And through belief, salvation's won.
No matter what we've done or lack,
In Christ alone, we find our track.
The thief, a testament to grace,
A glimpse of God's unending chase,
A reminder of His love profound,
That through faith alone, we're heaven-bound.
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.
Comments
Your comment has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. Once approved, it will appear on this page.
Be the first to comment!