A New Voice of Freedom

Virtues and Vices Pt B  As listed in Virtues and Vices Pt A, the seven deadly sins are  lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride The seven heavenly virtues are chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.   Everyone agrees that virtues are good and vices are bad. However, that is relatively meaningless unless everyone also agrees upon which behaviors are...

Reflections on Love Searching the internet, I found the following trivia. “The word “love” appears 310 times in the King James Bible, 348 times in the New American Standard Bible, 551 times in the New International Version and 538 times in the New Revised Standard Version.” Partial to the King James version, I have invited Linda to quote the following familiar verses. John 13:34 “ 34 A new command...

The Road to Power, Machiavellian Pragmatism, Rule #09, Be a great feigner and dissembler. In earlier podcasts I presented 40 of the rules given by Nicolo Machiavelli in his book “The Prince,” written in 1513, on how to gain power and how to hold power. The rules were not numbered by the author.  I extracted them from The Little Book for conveniences in applying them to American politics. The rules...

Origins The Bible is noted for its tantalizing brevity.  As we open Genesis, we read. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) What does, “In the beginning” mean? When did “In the beginning” occur? Where were we while the earth was being created?  It is strange, but God asks Job the same question. 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is t...

The Wiles of the Devil In Paradise Lost John Milton analyzes the methods Satan uses to tempt man. Satan’s second in command is Beelzebub. Beelzebub is a flatterer, an extension of Satan, an alter ego and entirely gives up his agency to Satan. He is a mirror image of Satan. In this podcast, we are introduced to the second tier of Satan’s leaders. They are Moloch, Belial, and Mammon. These chief dev...

Charity Few words in our day are more corrupted than the word charity.  Today we think of the word charity as socialism, welfare, free stuff, ignoble handouts, second-hand clothes, dole, or condescending gifts.  Charity has nothing to do with redistribution of wealth.  Charity is a virtue not a bank, a fund, or a commodities store. As Paul said,  “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,...

Faith Faith can be divided into three levels: ego-centric—faith in oneself; ecto-centric—faith in others (or faith in things outside oneself); and Theo-centric—faith in God.  The first two are seen as temporal, the third as spiritual; the first two visible, the third invisible.  However, all are spiritual, and each is necessary for the full development of agency.  When any of the three are diminis...

Truth Pilate, before turning Christ over to the Jews to be crucified, asked our Lord,  “What is truth?” (John 18:38)  If only he had known to whom he spoke!  Has a greater irony ever occurred in the history of the world?  Pilate, representing the military might of Rome, the most commanding nation in the world, asks the Fountain of Truth, ‘What is truth?’  Like the world, Pilate, standing in the pr...

Hope  Perhaps we are all enamored with the three heavenly, virtues: faith, hope, and charity.  Once read, who can forget Paul’s words, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”  What sets charity apart? I suppose because it embodies the virtues of Christ. In Paul’s words,  4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth...

Courage                                                                                                                                                                               The Charge of the Light Brigade is a story about a famous battle by the British light calvary led by Lord Cardigan against Russian Forces in the Crimean War of 1854. It is controversial because 118 soldiers died needle...

Six Laws All Christians Should Know Pt II The Law of Justice C As stated in Parts A & B, there are six laws that all Christians should know to understand the workings of the Almighty. 1.     The Law of Creation 2.     The Law of Justice 3.     The Law of Mercy 4.     The Law of Opposition 5.     The Law of Agency 6.     The Law of Eternal Progression.  This is the third podcast in the trilogy,...

Six Laws All Christians Should Know Pt II The Law of Justice B As stated in Part A, there are six laws that all Christians should know to understand the workings of the Almighty. 1.     The Law of Creation 2.     The Law of Justice 3.     The Law of Mercy 4.     The Law of Opposition 5.     The Law of Agency 6.     The Law of Eternal Progression.  This is the second podcast in the trilogy, The Law...

Six Laws All Christians Should Know Pt II The Law of Justice A There are six laws that all Christians should know to understand the workings of the Almighty. 1.     The Law of Creation 2.     The Law of Justice 3.     The Law of Mercy 4.     The Law of Opposition 5.     The Law of Agency 6.     The Law of Eternal Progression.  In Podcast 108 we addressed The Law of Creation. In this podcast, named...

The Road to Power Machiavellian Pragmatism Rule # 07. In earlier podcasts I presented 40 of the rules given by Nicolo Machiavelli in his book “The Prince” on how to gain power and how to hold power. The rules assume that there is no conscience and no accountability to a higher power. There is only the present. The rules are ruthless and do not account for human suffering.  William Shakespeare stud...

Milton’s Paradise Lost, (Bk I) Introduction to Hell  This is the second installment of Paradise Lost. Our purpose in analyzing Paradise Lost is to present John Milton’s poetic description of the fall of man. Lucifer, or Satan, is his main Character. In the last podcast Milton defined his purpose in writing Paradise Lost. That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert Eternal Providence,...

The Disappearing Family. Of the Ten Commandments, one is noted for “being a commandment with a promise.” It is commandment Six  “Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” (Exodus 20:12) The easiest thing to find is data on marriage and divorce. The hardest thing to find is accurate data on marriage and divorce. I don’t mean that...

The Eternal Family It is difficult to understand what we mean to God until we understand what our children mean to us.  All things are first created spiritually, even the human race, as described in Genesis, and then they are created naturally; the first creation is the image and model of the second.  Our physical body is modeled after our spirit body. Our spirit body is modeled after God.  Earth...

An Analysis of President Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address Pt II. This is a continuation of the previous Podcast which was entitled, “An Analysis of President Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address Pt I.  If you have not listened to Pt I, let me recommend that you do so before listening to Pt II. When Mr. Biden said, We can deliver racial justice. He meant we can continue to condemn those who disagree with our...

An Analysis of President Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address Pt I.  We shall begin this podcast by quoting from President Joe Biden’s First Inaugural Address delivered January 20, 2021. A cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer.  To call for “a cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making” ignores the Declaration of Ind...

Milton’s Paradise Lost Book I Introduction to Satan Milton’s genius is universally acknowledged, but that we even have Paradise Lost is a testament to what the creative mind is capable of. To ask would we have Paradise Lost without Milton, one would have to ask would we have Hamlet without Shakespeare or The Odyssey without Homer and so on and on and on? The answer is probably not. Some things are...

Endure to the End In Hebrews 6:1-2, Paul teaches us the principles of the doctrine of Christ.   1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Note tha...

Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth. The poem addresses death. Speaking of the poem, Wordsworth said, "But it was not so much from the source of animal vivacity that my difficulty came, as from a sense of the indomitableness of the spirit within me. I used to brood over the stories of Enoch and Elijah, and almost persuade myself that, wh...

The Family Adam and Eve, our first parents, provide the model for the entire world. We are created in the express image of God. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Men and women are superior to all the animals. “and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing...

“The Road to Power.” Because of the law of justice, we have a God of law; because of the law of mercy, we have a God of love; because of truth, we have a God of knowledge; and because of light, we have a God of power.  Only one who is perfect can be trusted with perfect power.  When Christ comes during the millennium, the entire earth will turn into a theocracy, the head of government will be Chri...

Six Laws All Christians Should Know Pt I The Law of Creation There are six laws that all Christians should know to understand the workings of the Almighty. 1.     The Law of Creation 2.     The Law of Justice 3.     The Law of Mercy 4.     The Law of Opposition 5.     The Law of Agency 6.     The Law of Eternal Progression.  In this podcast Linda and I shall address The Law of Creation. The law of...