Tag: law
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Sovereign Grace
As a Reformed Christian I believe we, as sinners, are saved by God’s sovereign grace. But what exactly does this term mean? God is all-knowing and all-powerful. He is the uncaused causer. God has always existed. He has no beginning and no end. Everything that happens in our vast universe is either caused by Him…
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Politics in America: Destructive, Divisive and Demonic
The following is a discussion I had today with a friend on Facebook. She is a Reformed believer. I initially posted: I’m absolutely disgusted by politics! I refuse to waste another second of my life discussing Republicans or Democrats! With the Republican support in Congress for the so-called same-sex marriage bill, the bill was able…
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Black America: Many problems, little action
This meme, which is from a recent article in the New York Post, shows that the overwhelming majority of New York City residents are worried about being the victim of crime. In the vast majority of cases, these crimes are committed by black people. This is the result of a perfect storm in NYC of…
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Godly Government
I posit that pluralistic democracies (or even a constitutional republic like America) are fraught with systemic problems which lead to degeneracy. As we’ve seen in America, the tyranny of the minority is able to impose on the majority through the law, entertainment, and education. This can be clearly observed with respect to LGBT. Also, democracy…
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Orthodoxy and Religious Freedom
Russia adopted anti-missionary anti-proselytizing laws in 2016 at the federal level. Similar laws already existed in various Russian states. On July 6th, 2016, President Vladimir Putin signed amendments to the Religion Law imposing harsh restrictions on the sharing of beliefs, including on where and by whom they may be shared. The amendments ban broadly defined…
