[E]xamine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22) President Trump, America’s King Cyrus? In Part 2, I began a biblical examination of President Trump’s inaugural speech. For everyone who looks to Yahweh1 as their sovereign and thus His Word as their authority, I cannot […]
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Donald J. Trump: Cyrus or Nimrod? Letting Trump Speak for Himself: Biblically Examining Trump’s Inaugural Speech, Pt. 3
Posted: 18th February 2017 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: America first, America's greatness, anti-federalists, constitution, constitutional framers, Deuternomy 28, Donald Trump, federalists, First Commandment, God first, Isaiah 5:20, King Cyrus, liberty, making America great again, Nimrod, Patrick Henry, perfect law of liberty, President Trump, President Trump's inaugural speech, President's Inaugural Speech, secular government, sovereignty, supreme law of the land, Ted Weiland, Trump's inaugural speech, We the People, We the Peopleism, Yahweh's law, Yahweh's moral law, Yahweh's perfect law of liberty, Yahweh's sovereignty
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The Gettysburg Address: Iconic, But is it Biblical? Pt. 1
Posted: 23rd November 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Abraham Lincoln, constitution, Constitutional Republic, Declaration of Independence, freedom, Gettysburg Address, liberty, perfect law of liberty, responsibilities, rights, Spirit of the Lord
[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 has become iconic. On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner described the Gettysburg Address as a “monumental act” […]
American Exceptionalism
Posted: 1st February 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: American exceptionalism, Colonial America, constitution, liberty, Preamble, We the People
American exceptionalism is the proposition that the United States is different from other countries in that it has a specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy. It is not a notion that the United States is quantitatively better than other countries or that it has a superior culture, but rather that it is “qualitatively […]
Rights, Rights, Everyone Wants Their Rights
Posted: 29th December 2012 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: age of enlightenment, Bill of Rights, constitution, immutable rights, liberty, natural rights, Ninth Amendment, Puritans, responsibilities, rights, unalienable rights
The United States Constitutional Republic was built on the concept of immutable rights. Nearly all Americans have bought into this idea, believing individual rights are the path to freedom and prosperity. However, “immutable rights” is but another bill of goods that has further enslaved us, both physically and spiritually. Rights vs. Responsibilities The Bill of […]