[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? That the Nation Might Live Now we are engaged in a great […]
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The Gettysburg Address: Iconic, But is it Biblical? Pt. 2
Posted: 29th November 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Abraham Lincoln, blood defiling, constitution, framers, Gettysburg Address, land consecration, land defilement, Lincoln's War, war, War of Northern Agression, warfare
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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” […]
America’s Road to Hell: Paved with Rights
Posted: 8th November 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 9, Bill of Rights, God-expected responsibilities, immutable rights, non-optional responsibilities, optional rights, responsibilities, rights, Second Amendment, transgender rights
[B]ecause they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law … they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…. (Hosea 8:1, 7) Whirlwind Rights A familiar proverb declares, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” America’s road to “hell” has been paved with rights, including: Natural rights Human rights […]
Yahweh’s Everlasting Righteousness, Part 2
Posted: 1st November 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: commandments statutes and judgments, Mosaic Covenant, New Covenant, Old Covenant, Ten Commandments, triune moral law, Yahweh's righteousness
Shall mortal man be more just [righteous] than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? (Job 4:17) In Part 1, I began with the assumption that Christians would answer both questions with a resounding, “No!” I then established that because Yahweh1 does not change (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, James 1:17), His everlasting […]