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Paul Lytle

Paul Lytle is an amateur novelist and poet, as well as an avid reader. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Houston Baptist University in English and Political Science with a specialization in creative writing. He has won awards for both writing and web design and, in addition to editing Primum Mobile monthly, wrote One Power in the 'Verse: Finding God in Firefly and Serenity .

E-mail: plytleprimum-mobile.net
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Essays in Primum Mobile:

Once Upon a Time . . . (#1, September 2004)
Salad is Murder! (#1, September 2004)
By Their Fruits (#2, October 2004)
Vote No Evil (#2, October 2004)
The Rebirth of Words (#4, December 2004)
A Case for Premodernism (#5, January 2005)
Forma: or, The Importance of Form (#5, January 2005)
Beginning to Know You're Right (#6, February 2005)
The Changing Tone: The Texas Myth (#7, March 2005)
Karl Marx's Good Call (#9, May 2005)
. . . Since I Found Serenity (#10, June 2005)
In Defense of Science Fiction (#11, July 2005)
Eulogy (#12, July 2005)
To Confuse and Bewilder: Cy Twombly's Lepanto and the Modern Definition of Art (#12, July 2005)
You Can't Take the Sky from Me (#14, November 2005)
Whatever Happened to Free Speech? (#14, November 2005)
The Myth of Arthur (#15, January 2006)
Merciful Rain (#16, March 2006)
Have You Forgotten Me? (#17, May 2006)
Death and Taxes, or: Death is looking nicer every day (#17, May 2006)
The Width and Depth of Power: A Look at Romans 8:28 (#18, July 2006)
On the Source of Art (#18, July 2006)
Numb Amongst the Flames (#19, September 2006)
A Monster More Human (#21, January 2007)
Santa and the Church (#21, January 2007)
"Blessed be the name of the Lord": Part One in a Study of Biblical Statements of Great Faith (#22, March 2007)

"Say the word, and my servant will be healed": Part Two in a Study of Biblical Statements of Great Faith (Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2008)
"We are not going to serve your gods": Part Three in a Study of Biblical Statements of Great Faith (Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2008)
"We must obey God rather than men": Part Four in a Study of Biblical Statements of Great Faith (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Summer 2008)
Why I Don't Write About Politics Anymore (Vol. 2, Issue 4, Autumn 2008)
Of Thorns and Grace (Vol. 2, Issue 4, Autumn 2008)

The Gospel According to the Proverbs (Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 2009)
from One Power in the ’Verse (Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2009)
The First United Church of Me First (Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2009)
The God over Cats and Paychecks (Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2009)
The Gospel According to the Proverbs, Chapter 2 (Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2009)
Calvinsim: Introduction (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Total Depravity (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Unconditional Election (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Irresistible Grace (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Perseverance of the Saints (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Limited Atonement (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Given Over to Sin (Vol. 3, Issue 4, Autumn 2009)
The Doctrine of Sin (Vol. 3, Issue 4, Autumn 2009)
The Profound Mystery (Vol. 3, Issue 4, Autumn 2009)
The Gospel According to the Proverbs, Chapter 3 (Vol. 3, Issue 4, Autumn 2009)

Church 2.0 (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2010)
In Defense of Holidays (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2010)
Deeds by Creeds (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2010)
The Gospel According to the Proverbs, Chapter 4 (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2010)
Shrinking the Churches and Growing the Church (Vol. 4, Issue 2, Summer 2010)
Leaving a Church (Vol. 4, Issue 2, Summer 2010)
Church Hunting (Vol. 4, Issue 2, Summer 2010)

Speeches in Primum Mobile:

Entering the Presence of the Lord (Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2008)
Preach the Word (Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2008)
What Can I Earn? (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Summer 2008)
Is God a Murderer? (Vol. 2, Issue 4, Autumn 2008)

This Coming Christ: Prophecies of the Messiah (Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 2009)

Jefferson Dialogues in Primum Mobile:

On the Benefits of the Free Market (#3, November 2004)
On Supply and Demand (#8, April 2005)

Poetry in Primum Mobile:

Uther Pendragon (#1, September 2004)
Upon Thinking of Warwick (#2, October 2004)
Adam (#3, November 2004)
Shall I Compare Thee to a Winter's Day? (#4, December 2004)
Texas Snow (#6, February 2004)
Need (#8, April 2005)
The Gate at Her Apartment (#10, June 2005)
The Cheshire Cat (#11, July 2005)
The Questing Beast (#14, November 2005)
The Buffalo Bull (#15, January 2006)
Was I So Young? (#18, July 2006)
I Knew Not Touch (#19, September 2006)
The Tragedy of Lady Cindy, Act I (#20, November 2006)
The Tragedy of Lady Cindy, Act II (#21, January 2007)
The Tragedy of Lady Cindy, Act III (#22, March 2007)

I Knew Not Touch (Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2008)
I Fear No Darkness (Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2008)
If Me, O Lord (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Summer 2008)
Description (Vol. 2, Issue 4, Autumn 2008)

By Your Hand (Vol. 3, Issue 1, Winter 2009)
Names, Part I (Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 2009)
Names, Part II (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Summer 2009)
Names, Part III (Vol. 3, Issue 4, Autumn 2009)

He's Come (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2010)