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About Roger E. Bruner

Seventy-nine-year-old Roger E. Bruner is the author and publisher of twenty-four Christian novels and the writer of more than two hundred Christian songs and choruses, a handful of musical dramas, and a number of shorter works. He sings, plays guitar and bass, and records many of his original songs in his home studio. He is active in his church and plays bass guitar on the praise team. Married for twenty-two years to Kathleen, he has one grown daughter, two grandsons, and one step-grandson. Roger enjoys reading, walking, photography and book cover design (he's done all of his own except for Rosa No-Name), playing Snood and Solitaire, and complaining about the state of the nation while continuing to pray for it.

Servant of All, Lord of All

Jesus Christ was everything that God Himself was; Yet He never insisted on having His own way. He had every right of God Himself, Yet He gave them up, He freely gave them up To become the servant of us … Continue reading

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How Happy Are Those

How happy are those, Yes, how happy are those, So happy are those Who belong to the Family of God. So happy they’ll be, Yes, how happy they’ll be, So happy they’ll be When they meet their Father in heaven. … Continue reading

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Adding Up Fractions

Adding up fractions to total their sum Requires finding their common denominator. So growing a whole church from people like us Takes our faith and our love and our common vision. If you want to add two-fourths and five-tenths, You … Continue reading

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Too Used to the Dark

We’re getting too used to the dark; We have been learning to live in the night. We have forgotten how the world looks in the light. We are getting too used to the surface; Forgetting that there’s an underneath. We … Continue reading

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Wedding Song

What God joins together, Man cannot separate. What God’s love creates, This world cannot harm. When God gives light, Where can there be darkness? When God smiles in love upon us, What can we do but love? About This Song: … Continue reading

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Paddlefoot

As I got into the car on a Saturday morning, I chanced to turn the CB radio on, When I heard a female voice asking local information About how to find a particular place in town. When no one answered … Continue reading

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The Koala Song

A koala eats certain gum tree leaves, And it always eats the kind it knows it needs. A Believer feeds on the Word of God And knows no other bread will do. About This Song: I’ve been to Australia seven … Continue reading

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Not Just Some Miracle Worker

Christ was not just some miracle worker Whose magic died with him, For Christ is still alive and he changes the lives Of those who believe that he came here To die for their sins, Came to die for their … Continue reading

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The Crucifixion Now Is Past

The crucifixion now is past, And Christ is in His tomb at last, And at the door the stone is fast. The tumult and the shouting’s done. His friends have left Him one by one; To them He seemed a … Continue reading

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A Lamb Out of Every Crisis (w/Monologue Three)

Monologue Three: GIRL (continuing letter). . . As she talked, I felt the excitement in me growing. Mom and Dad, a fleeting thought of you and home ran through my mind. But I quickly grew nervous. . .restless. Things weren’t … Continue reading

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