United States Constitution
77Achan's Sin
2 Aug 2021
17:38¶ 66
“That’s one reason the Bible does establish civil government, so we don’t reduce down to clan law and perpetual blood feuds over generations. God…”
18:14¶ 67
“Your father did something to me before I became king. Now that I’m king, obviously that’s retroactively treason and therefore all of his lands…”
18:35¶ 68
“Our Constitution says, “No, that’s not right,” and it has good biblical basis for saying that’s not right.”
68The Ark and the Angels
25 Apr 2021
38:24¶ 157
“Again it’s not so much to reproduce the Constitution. A number of nations over the last 200 years have tried to take our Constitution…”
38:49¶ 158
“But as a case study in the influences of Christian theology, you can look and see, “Here is what you do when you believe…”
39:15¶ 159
“Did it work perfectly? No, but then the authors of The Federalist Papers themselves are very clear on that. They keep speaking of parchment…”
61Liberty and Responsibility
28 Feb 2021
35:52¶ 107
“Yes, you need some legal structure there, but the legal structure can’t bear the weight of generating the liberty. We’ve tried that over the…”
36:17¶ 108
“It doesn’t work simply to have these rules and this structure, because they’re a reflection of the character and history of the American people…”
34:38¶ 105
“That leaves us with the fifth point, the heritage of liberty – “To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” Constitutions…”
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…”