His-Story: The Autobiography of God in the Affairs of Man An assassin’s bullet misses by an inch. Perhaps it determines the winner of an election. But if the bullet hits the mark, perhaps a nation descends into civil war. The… Read More »Trump, Providence and Politics
Excerpts from “Defending the Declaration: How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence” On this day that we celebrate American independence we recall these words of the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson: “…all… Read More »Christianity and a Biblical Theory of Rights in the Declaration of Independence
Part 15 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Peter’s Second Letter, Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy, Jude’s Letter and Jesus’ Letters to seven citizen assemblies… Read More »The Political Principles and Ideas in John's Strategic Insight, plus his later letters to citizen councils
Part 14 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Peter’s Letter to the Provinces of Turkey, and Paul’s letters to Timothy, Titus. We saw Peter discuss… Read More »The Political Principles and Ideas in Peter's 2nd Letter, Paul's 2nd Letter to Timothy, Jude's letter, & Jesus' letters to Turkey.
Part 13 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in the anonymous letter to the Hebrews (possibly around 64AD at the point that Herod’s Temple construction was… Read More »The Political Principles and Ideas in Peter's Letter to the Provinces of Turkey, and Paul's Letters to Timothy and Titus
Part 12 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Paul’s letters to Philippians and Ephesians. We saw Paul speak of being citizens in the highest government… Read More »The Political Principles and Ideas in the Letter to the Hebrews
Part 11 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Acts 20-26. We saw Paul give a final message to Senior Statesmen in Ephesus, then have a… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in Acts, 27-28 and letters to Colossae, Philemon, Philippians & Ephesians
Part 10 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Paul’s letter to Roman citizen assemblies. We saw Paul teach about law, judgement, overcoming evil with good… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in Acts, Chapters 20-26
Biblical verses pagan views on heavenly signs This past week in North America a rare solar eclipse was observed. Live coverage on major and minor networks distinguished this year’s phenomena. People traveled far and wide to see the full eclipse.… Read More »Eclipses & Climate – History & Hysteria
Part 9 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Paul’s two letters to Corinthian citizen assemblies. We saw Paul discuss transformation of the Greek courts, various… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in the Epistle to various citizen assemblies in Rome