"Calvary Love:" A Poem By John Piper

John Piper is an adept theologian, though some may not know that he is also a winsome poet. He has written several lengthy poems based on biblical narratives as well as thematic poems on important topics.

But this poem of his is one of my favorites. It's short, and it's about the most gruesome and beautiful act that ever took place here.

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          "He held the world between his thumb and finger
          like a tender grape.

          And when the spike was driven through his hand,
          his muscles flinched with world-creating force,
          and crimson wine dripped from his fingertips.

          But with omnipotent resolve
          he neither dropped nor crushed his grape."

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