Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:19) Even if your theology does not recognize the kingdom as […]
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“Redeeming” Christ From Those Who Would Make Him a Sinner, Pt. 2
Posted: 1st October 2015 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: adultery, antinomians, capital punishment, clean hands doctrine, commandments statutes and judgments, death penalty, John 8, kingdom, pronomians, two or more witnesses, woman caught in adultery
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Article 3
Posted: 4th October 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 3, bail, blood avenger, capital crimes, casting lots, commandments statutes and judgments, community participation, constitution, contempt of court, damaged party, death penalty, dominion, false witnesses, fines, firing squads, first-degree murder, floggings, indentured servitude, insurance companies, judges, Judicial Branch, juries, lex talionis, lots, magistrate appellate system, nominations, premeditated murder, prisons, public executions, public trials, reckless negligence, required testimony, restitution, retribution, self-malidictory oaths, speedy trials, stone piles, stoning, victimless "crimes", witnesses
Section 1. All judicial authority resides in Almighty God and is, therefore, vested in Almighty God by Almighty God. Isaiah 33:221 declares Yahweh2 is King, Lawgiver, and Judge. His sovereignty is inherent in and over all three branches of government. Consequently, any civil judgment not congruent with His perfect law and altogether righteous judgments3 is […]
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 […]