Dark Matters
As I write this the space shuttle Endeavor is on its last mission. It is being used to haul 14,000 pounds of gear to the International Space Station. Along with that load of stuff is an interesting contraption called the …
The Judgments of God
Here we are in mid-May, 2011 having broken all records for the costliest floods and costliest tornado damage on record for this nation in all our history for this time of year. The season is still early. A yearly record …
The Government is Your Mother Day
In honor of the largest and most beneficent mother I hereby declare this to be: ‘The Government is Your Mother Day’. Yes, after all why waste time professing and giving ecstatic babbalia over mere human mothers when the goddess …
Returning to Biblical Liberty
The word liberty, a forgotten concept, is making a comeback these days. As we experience the ever tightening jaws of the ‘nanny’ state who consumes her children even as they are suckled, the questions are forced to the forefront of …
Easter Past Reflections
Good Friday begins like any other Friday. There is work to do. I am planning. Much needs to be done. It is an interruption in the schedule, these services I mean. My neighbors do not remember. There is not much …
Romans 13: Part 4, Trading Liberty for Chains
Romans 13:1-7 1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordained of God. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: …
Covenantal Government—The Biblical Basis
One seemingly forgotten aspect of our original governmental structure, of Biblical government, is the idea of the covenant, and its relationship to the establishment of every righteous civil government. All of that language sounds complicated, but it really is rather …
Tyranny and Treason
Lately I have been teaching a Bible study on Godly Government. One lesson discusses the proper duties and roles of the civil government, church, and family. This study caused me to look again at the story of Queen Athaliah as …
God’s Law – Root of American Greatness
As Americans we are experiencing a systemic failure of government across the land. We cannot manage our finances with states, counties, and cities in trouble everywhere. Many are teetering on the edge of insolvency. The bureaucrats who run things have …
God’s Law – Foundation for the Nations
The nations in the Middle East are in turmoil now, at the latest, with Libya in a fight for its soul. We think of this as something new and wonder if maybe they will finally embrace democracy. After centuries of …