Tristan Robert Lange

Burned for a Better God

Jesus taught love

Against rigid theology—

Crucified for defying

Omnibus oracles over

Biblical fidelity to the

Universal grace and

Sovereign love of God.

Against universalism—yet,

Rebuffed as Pelagian pus.

Marginalized by mercurial

Ignorance on cubed ice—

Narcisissus necrosis—

Illicit becomes love.

Unless codified in tulips,

Salvation is sacrilege.

Poet’s Note:

A Scorched Sunday poem. A part of my Scorched Strays series, an acrostic reflecting Jacobus Arminius, condemned for insisting that God’s grace was wider than the doctrines meant to contain it. A portrait of a theological life and reputation burned for believing God was better than the system allowed.

First published on tristanrobertlange.com, November 23, 2025.

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