The Fundamental Root of Division in the United States
United States History In 1607, English settlers landed on the East Coast of America and formed the Jamestown colony. That began a colonial period until 1776 and a Declaration of Independence of the original thirteen colonies from England. They became states of the United States of America. After those states ratified the Constitution in 1788, […]
AI Friday: Perfect Preservation of Scripture
I asked AI a couple of questions about three verses about the perfect preservation of scripture. Here’s what it wrote (I didn’t write it — AI wrote it). Isaiah 59:21 and the Perfect Preservation of Scripture Isaiah 59:21 states: As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is […]
Zeitgeist: The Divine Requirement to Discern the Spirit of the Age (Part Two)
Part One Aesthetics, Feelings, and A Vibe For many years, I’ve said that the content of doctrinal statements do not change or affect people close to what aesthetics do. People’s imaginations of God do not relate mainly to specific doctrinal statements. I’m not saying that’s good, but it’s just not the reality on the ground. […]
Zeitgeist: The Divine Requirement to Discern the Spirit of the Age
Zeitgeist Zeitgeist is a German or Germanic term found in books going back to the 18th century. Within a translation of the German Philosophisches Journal in 1794, the English translation reads on page 302, “Zeitgeist also works on the national spirit. Every age has its own imagination.” Zeit is the German word for “time” and […]
A Gender Gap In the United States, Perhaps the World
Gender Gap In Polls Some of you are reading about the “gender gap” in the 2024 United States Presidential Election. One side gets the women’s vote and the other side get’s the men’s vote. The gap between those two is bigger than ever. This itself is a scriptural issue. The gender gap manifests itself in […]
Genesis 2:9, Aesthetics, and Objective Beauty
When one reads the first few chapters of Genesis, he notices the simple economy of words in revealing foundational truth underlying a biblical worldview. Genesis 2 begins the history of mankind with the toledoth structure in Genesis 2:4. Toledoth Toledoth is the Hebrew word translated “generations” thirteen times in Genesis and divides up the early […]
God’s Perfect Preservation of the Old Testament Hebrew Text and the King James Version (Part Two)
Part One Most talk about the text of the Bible focuses on the New Testament. The Old Testament is much larger and yet there is less variation in extant copies of the Old Testament than the New. As well, more Christian scholars know the Greek than the Hebrew, and when they know the Hebrew, they […]
The Second Amendment Comes Right After the First Amendment
Part One Not to insult your intelligence, but the second amendment comes right after the first amendment in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. The founding fathers believed that the right to bear arms was necessary to protect first amendment freedoms. They believed citizens possessed a right of protection of those rights […]
Debate Moderators As a Paradigm for a Censorship State
Freedom of Speech A distinguishing characteristic of American liberty from the rest of the world is the first amendment of its bill of rights and in particular the freedom of speech. The people of modern Western states, apparent allies of the United States, do not have this same right. England doesn’t and France doesn’t. As […]
God’s Perfect Preservation of the Old Testament Hebrew Text and the King James Version (Part One)
Preservation of Old Testament in Hebrew If someone believes in the perfect preservation of scripture, he also believes in the perfect preservation of the Hebrew Old Testament. In discussions and debate about the text of scripture and translation, almost all of it relates to the New Testament, where there is a higher percentage of variation […]
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