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The Christ Figure in The Brothers Karamazov

Posted by Matt Tullos March 25, 2025March 25, 2025Uncategorized

So far, for me, it’s been the character I can’t escape. Perhaps because there are shadows of the great divine in this part of the story.

God Approaching

Posted by Matt Tullos January 16, 2025January 16, 2025Poetry, Poetry|Poignant|Reading, Solo Performance, Spoken Word, Uncategorized

You’ll know Him when you see Him. He carries the likeness of no mortal man. He will turn you upside down and shake you until your pockets no longer jingle. He will turn the heat up until meltdown occurs. He can swallow galaxies. He can stand on the hairs of your thumb. He will take your personal […]

Your Own Private Qumran

Posted by Matt Tullos January 11, 2025January 11, 2025Uncategorized

If you’re not into metaphors, nothing to see here. If you love it like I do, come along! In the arid Judean wilderness, perched on the edge of the Dead Sea, lies Qumran, a site steeped in history and mystery. It’s here that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, unlocking ancient truths and revealing a […]

How I Learn Best

Posted by Matt Tullos July 30, 2024July 30, 2024Uncategorized

The greatest lessons I learn about the gospel are found in relationship with other people. Not just believers but in every relationship. The lepers, the Pharisees, the prostitutes, the wasted and the weary– they’re all right here today. I learn best about the gospel when I am under oppression, when I realize my own failures […]

The Baptist Futurist

Posted by Matt Tullos May 20, 2024May 20, 2024Uncategorized

Here’s a great conversation with Chris Forbes on churches, cooperation, and the future.

I am Clay

Posted by Matt Tullos April 29, 2024April 29, 2024Uncategorized

My life is on the wheel…Earthbound clay Spinning. Wondering. Why are His hands changing me? With purpose What is He creating in me? What does He see? Is there a purpose in the pain? Stretching, sensing, swirling, struggling I’m smaller than I used to be, it seems The Mosaic of broken dreams I’m dizzy with change […]

cloud of witnesses

Posted by Matt Tullos January 29, 2024January 29, 2024Uncategorized

some plan their own phantasmagorical funeral preacher boys with stories that’d make everyone cry. even mother-in-laws and accountants I have different plans on that day. when i die I’ll watch my father sling jawbones with samson both made it in the door by the grace of God same as noah he found grace he discovered […]

You must wait.

Posted by Matt Tullos November 10, 2023November 10, 2023Uncategorized

You’re in a pit and wondering if this is the place you’ll die. You must wait. They accuse and convict you. The slam the door. Nothing seems to be happening. You lost your last appeal and the lawyer wants his money. You must wait. You are scrubbing the floors in a corrupt palace where money […]

Jonah and the Worm

Posted by Matt Tullos November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Uncategorized

We remember “Jonah and the Whale,” but I’m intrigued by another much lesser character- An itty-bitty worm. “So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.” Jonah 4:7 Notice that it’s not 1000 worms. That would seem to be what […]

60 Years

Posted by Matt Tullos October 2, 2023October 2, 2023Uncategorized

60 years most of them (I would claim) lagniappe something extra, but never promised. I could have found my resting place in 1983 as a log truck (sans lights), barreled down Hwy 165 in North Louisiana. I pulled onto the road, and for some odd reason on a moonless night, I hit the brakes as […]