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What if the Constitution Had Not Compromised on Slavery?
If there had been no compromise on the issue of slavery, the problem of slavery might still exist today, for without the compromise, there would have been no United States and no Civil War.
Esau’s Porridge: Federal Health Care and The Loss of Liberty
Esau’s Porridge: Federal Health Care and The Loss of Liberty Reprint from The Scholars Corner* – 1994 by Jefferis Kent Peterson The Founder’s of this nation raised the battle cry for liberty with the words oft repeated, “We have no king but Jesus!” But our contemporaries have abandoned our historical quest for freedom with a […]
Government as Savior: A Tower of Babel
God help us, for we have voted ourselves into this mess by deceiving the people into believing that government is truly our savior. That is an idolatry, like Babel, that God cannot allow. And the healing of it may be the destruction of the very idols in which we have placed our trust.
My Love Affair with Apple May Be Over :-(
What was always the selling point for me in the Apple universe was the simplicity of the user interface with the intuitive nature of its functions. That is no more, and I am so frustrated with the way things are going that I’m a seriously thinking about dumping many things Apple. From a long time, hardcore user, that foretells a dangerous future for Apple.
The Problem with the Socialist Vision and Income Inequality
The politics of envy was on proud display a couple weeks ago when President Obama pledged the rest of his term to fighting “income inequality.” He noted that some people make more than other people, that some people have higher incomes than others, and he says that’s not just. That is the rationale of thievery.
God, Time, and Foreknowledge – How Can God Know the Future?
Time is a limited dimension, bounded by gravity and the speed of light. God exists above the limitations of the space-time continuum, and in fact created Time. Foreknowledge is possible to God because his existence is above the 4 physical dimensions we experience. His being in heaven is possibly like the 5th dimension, which is not subject to the limitations of natural time.
Mischief by Statute – a Prophetic view of the Role of the Supreme Court, from 1995
The Supreme Court is a Law Unto Itself – severed from the underlying principles of freedom, the nature of the Constitution, and the derivation of “rights” as the Founders understood them. This prophetic analysis of the Court’s behavior from 1995 leads directly to the decisions handed down in 2015.
Love Interrupted
God wants fellowship with us, but our shame guilt and fear causes us to withdraw from his presence, when all he wants is a relationship. God has a problem: how does he overcome our fear?
I’ve Had it With Yahoo! as My Home Page
Yahoo! hijacks the search field focus. Time to try out alternative portal pages as my home page.
DANGER! DANGER TO US LIBERTY!!! Please VETO THE TRANS-PACIFIC TREATY!!!
The fact that the TTP (Trans-pacific partnership) t is so secret that its contents cannot be revealed to the American people for 4 years after it has passed is an affront to the democratic process and the liberties of the people. It is the greatest power grab by the government, over and against the people, since the founding of the Republic.
The Eclectic Rant 