[E]xamine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22) Letting Trump speak for himself Patriots and Christians alike got so caught up, first, with someone finally appreciating their concerns and then again in the euphoria of Trump overcoming all odds to win the presidency, that […]
Posts Tagged ‘humanism’
The Gettysburg Address: Iconic, But is it Biblical? Pt. 4
Posted: 13th December 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Abraham Lincoln, and for the people, by, constitution, Constitutional Republic, Gettysburg Address, humanism, of, Pramble, Puritans, supreme law of the land, under God, We the People
[T]he law is ignored and justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted. (Habakkuk 1:4) November 19, 2013, was the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The speech is iconic, but is it Biblical? Under God …—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth […]
The Gettysburg Address: Iconic, But is it Biblical? Pt. 3
Posted: 5th December 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Abraham Lincoln, Christian tests, Colonial constitutions, commandments, commandments statutes and judgments, Confederate Constitution, Confederate soldiers, constitution, Constitution of the Confederate Startes of America, Constitutional Republic, framers, Gettysburg Address, humanism, imperialism, Lincoln's War, Preamble, War of Northern Agression
[T]he law is ignored and justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted. (Habakkuk 1:4) November 19, 2013, was the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The speech is iconic, but is it Biblical? Unfinished Work It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated […]
Swallowing Camels… Pt. 10
Posted: 5th July 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 8, Bible's civil judgments, capital punishment, constitution, cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty, humanism, living document, righteous judgments, stoining, Supreme Court
In this concluding article, I address another of the Constitution’s more serious “camels”—which Christians should be choking on instead of swallowing. Amendment 8’s Denunciation of Cruel and Unusual Punishments Amendment 8 prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. But what did the framers mean by “cruel and unusual”? No one knows because the framers never defined this […]
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 […]
Which God?
Posted: 4th January 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 1, antinomian, antinomianism, Christian civilization, First Commandment, freedom of religion, humanism, humanists, in God we trust, polytheism, polytheists, pronomian
For most of you reading this blog, the question of which god you serve is already settled: Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that Yahweh1 he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. (Deuteronomy 4:39) …there is none other God but one … though […]
First Commandment Violators: Framers and Bloggers Alike
Posted: 8th December 2012 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 1, Benjamin Franklin, constitution, constitutional framers, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Free Excercise Clause, freedom of religion, humanism, monotheism, pluralism, polytheism, polytheistic, relativism, statism
Christian bloggers beware! Could you be guilty of the same First Commandment violation as were the constitutional framers? You are if you allow commenters on your blog to promote or justify non-Christian religions (such as Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism), including atheism and cults (such as Catholicism, Mormonism, and the Jehovah Witnesses). For many deceivers are […]