Comments on: Can We Compromise With The Statists? http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/2009/06/21/can-we-compromise-with-the-statists/ Faith in the public arena Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:27:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim Baxter http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/2009/06/21/can-we-compromise-with-the-statists/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Jim Baxter Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:22:44 +0000 http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/?p=455#comment-3240 Q: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that you are mindful of him?" Psalm 144:3 A: "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15 Q: "What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?" Job 15:14 A: "Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way he chooses." Psalm 25:12 Q: "What is man, that You should magnify him, that You should set Your heart on him?" Job 7:17 A: "Do not envy the oppressor and choose none of his ways." Proverbs 3:31 Q: "What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him?" Hebrews 2:6 A: "I have chosen the way of truth; your judgments I have laid before me." Psalm 119:30 "Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts."Psalm 119:173 Q: “Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man,
that you are mindful of him?” Psalm 144:3
A: “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves
this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served
that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:15

Q: “What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that
he could be righteous?” Job 15:14
A: “Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way he
chooses.” Psalm 25:12

Q: “What is man, that You should magnify him, that You should set Your heart
on him?” Job 7:17
A: “Do not envy the oppressor and choose none of his ways.” Proverbs 3:31

Q: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take
care of him?” Hebrews 2:6
A: “I have chosen the way of truth; your judgments I have laid before me.”
Psalm 119:30 “Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your
precepts.”Psalm 119:173

]]> By: Jim Baxter http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/2009/06/21/can-we-compromise-with-the-statists/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 Jim Baxter Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:21:31 +0000 http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/?p=455#comment-3239 "Our Founding Fathers believed that we live in an ordered universe. They believed themselves to be a part of the universal order of things. Stated another way, they believed in God. They believed that every man must find his own place in a world where a place has been made for him. They sought independence for their nation but, more importantly, they sought freedom for individuals to think and act for themselves. They established a republic dedicated to one purpose above all others - the preservation of individual liberty..." Ralph W. Husted "We have the gift of an inner liberty so far-reaching that we can choose either to accept or reject the God who gave it to us, and it would seem to follow that the Author of a liberty so radical wills that we should be equally free in our relationships with other men. Spiritual liberty logically demands conditions of outer and social freedom for its completion." Edmund A. Opitz "Above all I see an ability to choose the better from the worse that has made possible life's progress." Charles Lindbergh "Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing." Thomas Jefferson “Our Founding Fathers believed that we live in an ordered universe. They
believed themselves to be a part of the universal order of things. Stated
another way, they believed in God. They believed that every man must find
his own place in a world where a place has been made for him. They sought
independence for their nation but, more importantly, they sought freedom for
individuals to think and act for themselves. They established a republic
dedicated to one purpose above all others – the preservation of individual
liberty…” Ralph W. Husted

“We have the gift of an inner liberty so far-reaching that we can choose
either to accept or reject the God who gave it to us, and it would seem to
follow that the Author of a liberty so radical wills that we should be
equally free in our relationships with other men. Spiritual liberty
logically demands conditions of outer and social freedom for its
completion.” Edmund A. Opitz

“Above all I see an ability to choose the better from the worse that has
made possible life’s progress.” Charles Lindbergh

“Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the
alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise
of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Thomas
Jefferson

]]> By: Jim Baxter http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/2009/06/21/can-we-compromise-with-the-statists/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Jim Baxter Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/?p=455#comment-3238 Human is earth's Choicemaker. The sublime and significant act of choosing is, itself, the Archimedean fulcrum upon which man levers and redirects the forces of cause and effect to an elected level of quality and diversity. Further, it orients him toward a natural environmental opportunity, freedom, and bestows earth's paradigm title, The Choicemaker, on his singular and plural brow. In the Bible, God's Word has accurately defined the human being as 'the earth creature endowed with the ability to choose.' His natural Rights, therefore, are merely an extension and application of natural human endowments, which all humans - everywhere in the world - possess. Even as goldfish, canaries, and puppy dogs require an environment based on their natural features, so humans require external freedom to fulfill their natural internal abilities of decision, choice, selection, election, and consent. Uniquely, America was founded on this definitive paradigm in human nature. All nations should reject foundational human opinion that teaches otherwise. Human is earth’s Choicemaker. The sublime and significant act of choosing
is, itself, the Archimedean fulcrum upon which man levers and redirects the
forces of cause and effect to an elected level of quality and diversity.
Further, it orients him toward a natural environmental opportunity, freedom,
and bestows earth’s paradigm title, The Choicemaker, on his singular and
plural brow.

In the Bible, God’s Word has accurately defined the human being as
‘the earth creature endowed with the ability to choose.’ His natural Rights,
therefore, are merely an extension and application of natural human
endowments, which all humans – everywhere in the world – possess.

Even as goldfish, canaries, and puppy dogs require an environment
based on their natural features, so humans require external freedom
to fulfill their natural internal abilities of decision, choice, selection,
election, and consent. Uniquely, America was founded on this definitive
paradigm in human nature. All nations should reject foundational human
opinion that teaches otherwise.

]]> By: Jim Baxter http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/2009/06/21/can-we-compromise-with-the-statists/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Jim Baxter Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:17:54 +0000 http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress/?p=455#comment-3237 Human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of Criteria. Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of his environments, institutions, and respectful relations to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom whose roots are in the Order of the universe. selah Human is earth’s Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature and nature’s
God a creature of Choice – and of Criteria. Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and
definitive characteristic is, and of Right ought to be, the natural
foundation of his environments, institutions, and respectful relations to
his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom whose roots are in the
Order of the universe. selah

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