In the previous series, “Straining at Gnats…,” I addressed what is regrettably an all too common malady among people who call themselves Constitutional Christians—that is, the propensity to try to read the Bible into the Constitution or, at least, into the minds of its framers. The extent that some people go in their attempt to […]
Posts Tagged ‘constitution’
Swallowing Camels… Pt. 1
Posted: 3rd May 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Baal, constitution, Constitutional Christians, constitutional framers, Constitutional Republic, First Commandment, humanists, idolatry, Preamble, theocracy, We the People
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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 […]
Straining at Gnats… Pt. 6
Posted: 19th April 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 3, Article 4, Article 6, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, good behavior, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, judges, Judicial Branch, juries, jury nullification, sovereignty, treason, two or more witnesses
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 #37 “Article 3, Section 1 – ‘The Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour.’ The […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 5
Posted: 12th April 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Amendment 1, appointment, Article 2, Article 3, Article 6, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, Constitutional Republic, elections, Electoral College System, freedom of religion, graduated judicial system, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, judges, presidential oath
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 #30 “Article 2, Section 1 – ‘The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot…. The person having the greatest […]
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 […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 3
Posted: 29th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, humanism, power of impeachment, Romans 13:1-7, Senate, straining at gnats
In this article, I’ll 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 on the Bible. Point #4: “Article 1, Section 2 – ‘The House of Representatives… shall have the sole power of impeachment.’ The power of impeachment has been […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 2
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: appointments, Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, elections, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, straining at gnats
When I wrote last week’s article, I had no intentions of its being a multi-part series. That was before I read Bill Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era.” His article proposes forty-eight points intended to prove the Constitution was based upon the Bible. In actuality, his article is a case study in straining at […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 1
Posted: 15th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: constitution, constitutional framers, Pharisees, Sundays excepted, year of our Lord
When Christ accused the scribes and Pharisees of straining out gnats and swallowing camels, He was reprimanding them for putting greater emphasis upon the minor issues of Yahweh’s1 law to the exclusion of the weightier matters. This inversion was born from their emphasis upon outward obedience over inward motivation: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, […]
Pick One – Bible Law OR The U.S. Constitution (Guest Article by Dennis Woods)
Posted: 15th February 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: anti-federalists, antinomianism, Article 6, Christian nation, constitution, First Amendment, First Commandment, freedom of religion, pluralsim, polytheism, religious tests
A recent article in GodFather Politics bemoans President Obama’s Islamic sympathies and recent actions in an article entitled, “State Dept. Recruits Jihadists to Join Foreign Service.” In what can only be described as a mind-boggling policy move, the State Department recruited Muslim participants at a conference sponsored by groups with ties to radical Islamists to […]
American Exceptionalism
Posted: 1st February 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: American exceptionalism, Colonial America, constitution, liberty, Preamble, We the People
American exceptionalism is the proposition that the United States is different from other countries in that it has a specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy. It is not a notion that the United States is quantitatively better than other countries or that it has a superior culture, but rather that it is “qualitatively […]