All executive authority resides in Almighty God and is, therefore, vested in Almighty God by Almighty God. Isaiah 33:221 declares Yahweh2 is King. He has never abdicated His throne.3 He is as much King now as He was at creation and at the time Isaiah affirmed His sovereignty. As perpetual King, the kingdom He rules […]
Posts Tagged ‘Article 1’
Article 1: How Would You Write It?
Posted: 2nd August 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, commandments statutes and judgments, constitution
After “completing” the Preamble, for a future generation of our posterity to perhaps use as a guide for doing it right(eous) the next time, I wasn’t necessarily intending to immediately proceed to articles for a future constitution. However, in addition to encouragement from others, this seems to be where the Lord is leading. I proceed […]
Swallowing Camels… Pt. 3
Posted: 17th May 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, Christendom, commandments statutes and judgments, constitution, constitutional framers, supreme law of the land, swallowing camels
In this article, I continue to address some of the Constitution’s more serious “camels”—which Christians should be choking on instead of swallowing. Article 1’s Legislative Usurpation Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language defines a “legislator” as “a lawgiver, one who makes laws….”1 How does this definition and Article 1’s Legislative Branch comport […]
Straining at Gants . . . Pt. 4
Posted: 5th April 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amdment 32, Amendment 14, Article 1, Bill Fortenberry, citizenship, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, militia, militray-industrial complex, Puritans, Romans 13, warfare
In this article, I continue to examine Mr. Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era,” in which he proposes forty-eight points that allegedly prove the Constitution was based upon the Bible. Point #15: “Article 1, Section 8 – ‘To establish an uniform rule of naturalization.’ In accordance with this law, Congress was to provide a […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 3
Posted: 29th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, humanism, power of impeachment, Romans 13:1-7, Senate, straining at gnats
In this article, I’ll continue to examine Mr. Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era,” in which he proposes forty-eight points that allegedly prove the Constitution was based on the Bible. Point #4: “Article 1, Section 2 – ‘The House of Representatives… shall have the sole power of impeachment.’ The power of impeachment has been […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 2
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: appointments, Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, elections, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, straining at gnats
When I wrote last week’s article, I had no intentions of its being a multi-part series. That was before I read Bill Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era.” His article proposes forty-eight points intended to prove the Constitution was based upon the Bible. In actuality, his article is a case study in straining at […]
Right, Left, and Center: Who Gets to Decide?
Posted: 8th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, ethics, good and evil, lawful versus legal, lawgiver, politicians, politics, Preamble, triune law, unlawful versus illegal, We the People
In politics, everything revolves around the positioning of right, left, and center. You’re either rightwing, leftwing, or a centrist. Politicians and non-politicians alike employ all three terms as if there’s a consensus on the parameters for those designations. Even if this were true, who gets to determine what’s right, left, and center, and how are […]
10 “Radical” Recommendations
Posted: 11th January 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 1, Amendment 2, Amendment 21, Amendment 8, Amendment 9, Article 1, Article 2, Article 6, Christian Constitutionalism, Christian tests, commandments statutes and judgments, constitution, cruel and unusual punishment, elections, firearms, First Amendment, First Commandment, freedom of religion, monotheism, of by and for Yahweh, polytheism, polytheistic, religious tests, rights, Second Amendment, supreme law of the land
Today’s blog was inspired by Allan Erickson’s post “Some Radical New Year Suggestions for Our Esteemed Leaders…” In it, he offered some excellent suggestions, but I propose that the following ten “radical” recommendations are far superior. #1: I propose the humanistic government of, by, and for the people be replaced with a government of, by, […]