Adventures of Faith

The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that established homosexual marriage as national policy is unambiguously wrong on at least three crucial levels: Moral, Constitutional, and Structural.   On the Moral Level The Court’s decision violates the moral standards specifically enumerated in our founding documents. The Declaration of Independence sets forth the fundamental principles and values of American government, and the Constitution provides the specifics of how government will operate within those principles. As the U. S. Supreme Court has correctly acknowledged:   The latter [Constitution] is but the body and the letter of which the former [Declaration of Independence] is the thought and the spirit, and it is always safe to read the letter of the Constitution in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence.   The Declaration first officially acknowledges a Divine Creator and then declares that America will operate under the general values set forth in “th...

Mark 11:23-24 (KJV) 23  For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24  Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. This is one of the fundamental scriptures on the subject of faith which you must have heard preached a number of times. In this scripture lies the secret of possessing our desires in prayers when we realize that the words are the very words of Jesus as he taught His disciples on the subject of faith. Jesus established that there must be a desire, followed by prayers, then when you have prayed, you must believe that you have received your desires in prayers. This is the point where faith becomes difficult for many people. How do I believe I have received when nothi...

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, they do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I swear in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God’ (Hebrews 3: 7-12) It is possible for a Christian to have a heart of unbelief. Some may find this statement provocative. When we read the book of 2nd Corinthians, we would always assume that scripture is speaking concerning unbelievers whereas it is intended for Christians. When a person is in unbelief, it means that the mind of that person is blinded. That is the person facing a particular challenge cannot see a way out. The minute a Christian is in situation and they...