1. Active resistance to tyranny, and to this tyranny in particular, is not just permissible for Christians. It is mandatory. 2. The question is therefore what form the resistance should take, and not whether there should be resistance. 3. The theological basis for this resistance is that Jesus is Lord, and Caesar is not. Jesus …
All Jakesy Jukesy
The national debt apportions out to each citizen at about 40K apiece. This would not be counting any off-ledger shenanighans, whose name is no doubt Legion, and it is not counting the bender that the president yesterday signed into what passes for law these days. It was good that no Republican voted for the health …
Obamacare and Seven Layers of Failure
Some might believe that it is premature to pronounce Obamacare a failure, since the president is only going to be signing it today. Why, some might wonder, shouldn’t we give it a chance? There is no need to give it a chance — it has already failed in seven significant ways. First, the Bible says …
If the Opposite of Con is Pro, What’s the Opposite of Congress?
As I have already noted, God is still in His Heaven, and things are still all right in the world. Our God in in the heavens, and He does whatever He pleases. God draws straight with crooked lines, and the sun will still come up tomorrow. That said, I cannot let this teachable moment pass …
Why Things Will be Okay if Health Care Passes
Now it should be kept in mind that I am writing this brief note as a high Calvinist, one who believes that, at the ultimate level, things are always okay. God is always on the throne. But this particular song is not being written in that key. I am considering why things will be okay …
Sharkey for President
At the glorious close of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the war-weathered hobbits come back to the Shire, and find that it needed a scouring. “All right, all right!” said Sam. “That’s quite enough. I don’t want to hear no more. No welcome, no beer, no smoke, and a lot of rules and orc-talk …
Let’s Not and Say We Did
The rule of law is not to be confused with the bending of rules. Neither is the rule of law to be confounded with “making whatever you want to do legal.” The rule of law means that everyone within a political system must be submissive to that which is lawful, and they must be submissive …
And Serve Them Right, Too
Although I read that similar legislation is pending in 37 other states, I am happy to announce that the governor of Idaho, Butch Otter, has signed a measure requiring Idaho’s attorney-general to sue the Feds if the health care atrocity passes. I do like living here. If enough states do this, we could leave Connecticut …
Funny Business In Excelsis
The president dreams,The Senate schemes,The House then deemsAnd we are sunk,Or so it seems. Jubal Tarbox So we are on the threshold of a momentous . . . I was about to say vote, but no, it isn’t that exactly. In economic terms, the House is poised to spread disaster and desolation. Speaking in constitutional …