[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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Puritans’
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
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Swallowing Camels… Pt. 4
Posted: 24th May 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Alexis de Tocqueville, Article 2, Colonial governments, Compact, constitution, constitutional framers, Constitutional Republic, Fundamental Agreement of the Colony of New Haven, McGuffey's Eclectic Reader, Portsmouth, Puritans, Rhode Island, sovereignty, theocracy, theocratic, William McGuffey
In this article, I address another of the Constitution’s more serious “camels”—which Christians should be choking on instead of swallowing. Article 2’s Executive Usurpation Isaiah 33:22 informs us that Yahweh1 is our judge, lawgiver, and king. This means He alone is sovereign: He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and […]
Straining at Gants . . . Pt. 4
Posted: 5th April 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amdment 32, Amendment 14, Article 1, Bill Fortenberry, citizenship, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, militia, militray-industrial complex, Puritans, Romans 13, warfare
In this article, I 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 upon the Bible. Point #15: “Article 1, Section 8 – ‘To establish an uniform rule of naturalization.’ In accordance with this law, Congress was to provide a […]
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 […]