Oaths
68The Ark and the Angels
25 Apr 2021
42:20¶ 171
“We’ve lost what an oath is. We’ve got this oath of office with no divine power backing it up, no divine witness, nothing.”
42:31¶ 172
“Since so many of the founding fathers were Masons, even if in the most innocent sense, they were used to belonging to an institution…”
41:50¶ 166
“The division of power, the checks and balances, the legislative/executive/judicial, which mirrors prophet/king/priest, Father/Son/Spirit, there are profound Christian influences at work. The thing is…”
49Social Vision and the Ten Commandments (Part 2)
6 Dec 2020
11:57¶ 38
“The American Constitution does call for an oath of office, but at about the same time it says, “And no religious test shall ever…”
12:42¶ 39
“Constitutionally, any discussion of what God may say to officeholders under the federal constitution is eliminated. We often point at the first amendment as…”
19:21¶ 71
“The third commandment is we are to honor God’s name. The obvious social application is to oaths, to call upon God as the searcher…”
20A Bond in Blood
17 May 2020
1:51¶ 6
“The nature of an oath is to call God as judge, and to ask God in his capacity as judge of the universe to…”
0:47¶ 3
“In scripture in numerous places – the Psalms come to mind – when God wants to describe his covenant he often simply says, “my…”
1:07¶ 4
“We probably go two directions with it , like some kind of oath of office thing. Maybe we’ve heard it, people reaching their hand…”