diff --git a/examples/Application.cfc b/examples/Application.cfc
index e0ee864..8e7845c 100644
--- a/examples/Application.cfc
+++ b/examples/Application.cfc
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
         <cfscript>
             local.redisHost = "localhost";    // redis server hostname or ip address
             local.redisPort = 6379;           // redis server ip address
+            local.redisTimeout = 2000;        // redis connection timeout
+
+            // If your server requires a password, uncomment the following line and set it.
+            // local.redisPassword = "foobared"; // redis server password
 
             // Set connection pool configuration
             // http://www.ostools.net/uploads/apidocs/jedis-2.1.0/redis/clients/jedis/JedisPoolConfig.html
@@ -24,7 +28,11 @@
             local.jedisPoolConfig.maxWait = 3000;
 
             local.jedisPool = CreateObject("java", "redis.clients.jedis.JedisPool");
-            local.jedisPool.init(local.jedisPoolConfig, local.redisHost, local.redisPort);
+            if (StructKeyExists(local, "redisPassword")) {
+                local.jedisPool.init(local.jedisPoolConfig, local.redisHost, local.redisPort, local.redisTimeout, local.redisPassword);
+            } else {
+                local.jedisPool.init(local.jedisPoolConfig, local.redisHost, local.redisPort);
+            }
 
             local.redis = CreateObject("component", "cfc.cfredis").init();
             local.redis.connectionPool = local.jedisPool;
diff --git a/src/cfc/cfredis.cfc b/src/cfc/cfredis.cfc
index eff5c02..c50dcad 100644
--- a/src/cfc/cfredis.cfc
+++ b/src/cfc/cfredis.cfc
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Thanks!
 
 
     <!--- AUTH - String auth(String password) --->
+    <!--- It's advised to set server password when creating the JedisPool instance rather than using AUTH --->
     <cffunction name="auth" access="public" returntype="string" output="no">
         <cfargument name="password" type="string" required="yes" />
 
@@ -1032,18 +1033,39 @@ Thanks!
         </cfif>
     </cffunction>
 
-
-    <!--- FIXME: Change to use format Long lpush(final String key, final String... strings) --->
     <!--- LPUSH - Long lpush(String key, String string) --->
     <cffunction name="lpush" access="public" returntype="numeric" output="no">
         <cfargument name="key" type="string" required="yes" />
-        <cfargument name="string" type="string" required="yes" />
+        <cfargument name="string" type="any" required="yes" />
 
         <cfset var connection = '' />
         <cfset var result = '' />
+        <cfset var namedArgumentCount = '' />
+        <cfset var stringArray = '' />
+        <cfset var i = '' />
+
+        <cfset namedArgumentCount = 2 />
+
+        <cfset stringArray = ArrayNew(1) />
+        <cfif isArray(arguments.string)>
+            <cfset stringArray = arguments.string />
+        <cfelseif isSimpleValue(arguments.string)>
+            <cfset ArrayAppend(stringArray, arguments.string) />
+
+            <!--- Treat additional non-named arguments as java-style varargs arguments --->
+            <cfif ArrayLen(arguments) GT namedArgumentCount>
+                <cfloop from="#(namedArgumentCount + 1)#" to="#ArrayLen(arguments)#" index="i">
+                    <cfif isSimpleValue(arguments[i])>
+                        <cfset ArrayAppend(stringArray, arguments[i]) />
+                    </cfif>
+                </cfloop>
+            </cfif>
+        <cfelse>
+            <cfthrow type="InvalidArgumentTypeException" message="The string argument passed to the rpush method is not an array or one or more strings." />
+        </cfif>
 
         <cfset connection = getResource() />
-        <cfset result = connection.lpush(JavaCast("string", arguments.key), JavaCast("string", arguments.string)) />
+        <cfset result = connection.lpush(JavaCast("string", arguments.key), JavaCast("string[]", stringArray)) />
         <cfset returnResource(connection) />
 
         <cfif isDefined("result")>
@@ -1053,7 +1075,6 @@ Thanks!
         </cfif>
     </cffunction>
 
-
     <!--- FIXME: Change to use format Long lpushx(final String key, final String... string) --->
     <!--- LPUSHX - Long lpushx(String key, String string) --->
     <cffunction name="lpushx" access="public" returntype="numeric" output="no">