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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘righteous judgments’
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
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Newtown’s Massacre, Today’s Cultural Abyss, and Gun-Free Zones
Posted: 21st December 2012 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: American culture, Christian foundations, constitution, constitutional framers, gun control, gun debate, gun-free zones, Newtown shooting, righteous judgments, rights, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Second Amendment, world view
The December 14, 2012, Newtown, Connecticut, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has impacted all Americans—but not necessarily in the same way. Nor should we expect it would. Regardless which side of the gun debate we find ourselves on, all of us grieve for the families of those whose loved ones were killed. However, beyond our […]
5 Reasons the Constitution is Our Cutting-Edge Issue
Posted: 17th November 2012 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: 17th-century Christian roots, commandments statutes and judgments, constitution, constitutional framers, cruel and unusual punishment, First Amendment, First Commandment, flat increase tax, graduated income tax, immutable morality, infanticide, Islam, national idol, of by and for Yahweh, righteous judgments, sodomites, sodomy, sovereignty, usury
I’m often asked, “Why is the Constitution such a big issue to you?” My initial response is, “Why isn’t it a big issue to you?” Let me provide a short list of reasons why the Constitution and what it represents should be important to all of us: It defies Yahweh’s sovereignty and morality in nearly […]