{"id":2336,"date":"2026-03-16T02:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:42:45","slug":"depart-from-me-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/depart-from-me-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPART FROM ME — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

DEPART FROM ME<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

05-20-2018<\/p>\n

There are now so many preachers,
\nOh they’re preaching up a storm,
\nBut many of the things they say,
\nAre way outside of God’s norm.<\/p>\n

They claim to speak the truth,
\nLike other servants of the Light,
\nBut if you just listen closely,
\nYou know it is really not right.<\/p>\n

They all talk a lot about money,
\nThey knock folks to the ground,
\nThey do all kinds of crazy stuff,
\nBut it is not Biblically sound.<\/p>\n

So much screaming and hollering
\nJerking around like someone dead,
\nThey listen to the wrong spirits,
\nThey have all been sadly misled.<\/p>\n

People go there for entertainment,
\nTheir music will split your ears,
\nChurches with that nightclub vibe,
\nMust bring the Lord to full tears.<\/p>\n

They have women strutting around,
\nWith hardly a stitch of clothing on,
\nEveryone shouts and claps loudly,
\nAnd then they all sing a Gospel song.<\/p>\n

Then there are abominable churches,
\nWhere being gay or lesbian is okay,
\nBut when God rebukes the deceivers,
\nThey will have nothing left to say.<\/p>\n

Many churches have become a circus,
\nDrawing crowds they are all about,
\nThey think they are pleasing God,
\nBut someday He will cast them out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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