Archive for July, 2008

30 Jul

Federalist Number 56

The Same Subject Continued (The Total Number of the House of Representatives)
From the New York Packet.
Tuesday, February 19, 1788
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
THE SECOND charge against the House of Representatives is, that it will be too small to possess a due knowledge of the interests of its [...]

29 Jul

Federalist Number 55

The Total Number of the House of Representatives
From the New York Packet.
Friday, February 15, 1788
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
THE number of which the House of Representatives is to consist, forms another and a very interesting point of view, under which this branch of the federal legislature may [...]

28 Jul

Federalist Number 54

The Apportionment of Members Among the States
From the New York Packet.
Tuesday, February 12, 1788
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
THE next view which I shall take of the House of Representatives relates to the appointment of its members to the several States which is to be determined by the [...]

27 Jul

Federalist Number 53

The Same Subject Continued
(The House of Representatives)
From the New York Packet.
Tuesday, February 12, 1788.
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
I SHALL here, perhaps, be reminded of a current observation, “that where annual elections end, tyranny begins. ” If it be true, as has often been remarked, that sayings which [...]

26 Jul

Federalist Number 52

The House of Representatives
From the New York Packet.
Friday, February 8, 1788.
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
FROM the more general inquiries pursued in the four last papers, I pass on to a more particular examination of the several parts of the government. I shall begin with the House of [...]

24 Jul

Insignificant Differences

Since I left the Minnesota State Republican Convention in May, I have paid less attention to the current political race than I did before. There just isn’t enough of a difference between the candidates to get me excited. Ron Paul is gone, and he was the only candidate that showed any promise for real change. [...]

22 Jul

Keeping Humility

Essential to one’s salvation is humilty. We cannot come to the point of repentence and faith that is necessary to salvation without first being broken and humbled before God.
Probably the biggest challange once we are saved and we begin going through the process of sancitification is to remain humble. It is very easy as we [...]

14 Jul

Eric Douma: Post-Modernism & the Emerging Church

In this episode I interview Eric Douma on the subject of the Emerging Church.

09 Jul

Misapplied Scripture: Jeremiah 29:10

“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11 – NASB
Popular among Evangelicals today is the idea of “claiming” a verse for one’s self, latching on to a passage of scripture and [...]

08 Jul

Federalist Number 51

The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments
From the New York Packet.
Friday, February 8, 1788
Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, [...]

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