The Moral Decline of Ancient Israel and Baal Worship In the previous article we looked at what the founding fathers thought concerning the need for a moral people. In this installment, we will look at the ancient practice of Baal worship, the story of Balaam and Moab, and ancient Israel. Why?…
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Introduction In this series, I would like to look at what I see as the accelerating moral decline of America in line with parallels to ancient Israel highlighted in the book “The Harbinger” by Jonathan Cahn. One of the things about living in our time is the decline of a…
2016 Taxes A friend of mine reminded me in an e-mail today that Taxes are changing in 2016. Here is his brief summary: Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35% Top Income tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6% Top Income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2% Capital Gains tax went from 15% to 28% Dividend tax went from…
~2000BC: Abraham has two sons, Ishmael and Isaac. Both are promised to be the father of nations. Isaac has Jacob, who is renamed Israel His 12 sons make up the 12 tribes. Israel’s son Joseph is given the birthright and promises a land of his own ~1400BC: Moses, a…
When in the Course of human events… The Four Principles That Anchor the Declaration of Independence Rights come from God. The purpose of civil government is to secure those rights. The power of civil government is given by the consent of the governed, each of whom is fully entitled to…
1516 Charles V of Spain Heraldry Charles V of Spain was born to three of the most powerful housRead More → 1568 The Eighty Years’ War Dutch Discontented In response to increasing discontented with HabsburRead More → 1609 Twelve Year Truce Due to the combined effects of maintaining the military…
The First Great Awakening The Age of Reason or Rationalism With the closing of the Renaissance philosophy (1350 AD to 1650 AD), the 17th century was actively engaged in three great moments: The Reformation The Scientific Revolution The Beginning of Modern Philosophy The Reformation had begun Beginning with Martin Luther’s…
A Timeline of English Law and World Events Further setting the stage for our Constitutional and Early American History study Also check out the primer lesson: an expanded American history. King Henry I of England 1041 – England – Common Law (Anglo-Saxon Tribal System) – Most complex government in the…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, just announced A new web-resource for studying the Book of Mormon, called “Book of Mormon Central“ Check it out!
An Hypothetical In looking at the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, lets first imagine that at the start of WWII, during the German occupation of Poland, the NAZI soldiers went house by house, town by town, and rounded up the majority of Polish citizens in western Poland and placed them…
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