Analysis of Defending Apostleship



I would have you to know,
The Gospel that was preached;
Not after man to show,
Rather from God outreached.

I received not from man,
Neither was I taught it;
Rather part of a plan,
Through the Holy Spirit.

For the revelation,
Coming from Jesus Christ;
In my conversation,
Why He was sacrificed.

You heard my former life,
I persecuted the church;
Violently caused strife,
Defeated by a lurch.

I profited from Jews,
Many of my own age;
Passionately I choose,
That got me to this stage.

When He set me apart,
He called me by His grace;
It made change in my heart,
When I felt His embrace.

He revealed Christ to me,
In order I might preach;
Opened my eyes to see,
To others, I could teach.

But I did not consult,
Anyone right away;
It might be difficult,
In learning how to pray.

Nor consider to go,
Not until I did learn;
The indications show,
That Jesus would return.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO APAP X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 010111 110111 10111 101111 101111 101101 101010 10010 101101 01010 11110 111101 110001 100011 010101 110011 101111 100011 111111 111101 111111 111011 111101 101111 010111 101111 110111 111101 10101 111100 010111 101011 101111 00101 110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 913
Words 212
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Called by God Galatians 1:11-17

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Written on May 05, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 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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