[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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Christian tests’
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
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Swallowing Camels… Pt. 9
Posted: 28th June 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 1, Article 6, Christian Constitututionalists, Christian tests, constitution, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, First Commandment, free assembly, free exercise clause, free speech, freedom of religion, monotheism, polytheism, polytheistic, religious tests
In this article, I address another of the Constitution’s more serious “camels”—which Christians should be choking on instead of swallowing. Amendment 1’s Government–Sanctioned Polytheism Article 6’s interdiction against Christian tests opened the door to government-sanctioned polytheism. Amendment 1’s provision for the freedom of religion locked the door open: George Mason, the “Father of the Bill […]
Straining at Gnats… Pt. 7
Posted: 26th April 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 6, Bill Fortenberry, Christian Constitututionalists, Christian tests, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, straining at gnats, supreme law of the land, traditions of men, We the People
In this article, I complete my examination of 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 #45 “Article 6 – ‘All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against […]
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, […]