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Government Depravity as Dogs Return to Their Own Vomit

DOGE – Common Sense or Calvinism?

Are you shocked at my analogous description of government depravity associated to the animal behavior of dogs returning to their own vomit? The behavior of the media, statists, Demoncrats and devourers of your money, NGO’s1. All of these as well as other bureaucrats are described in Proverbs 2 this way

10[a] The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
So a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

We all believed that the Federal Government was out of control in that the bureaucracy was feeding the dogs of war, anti-constitutional ideologies and foundationally immoral ideologies

But I bet you are wondering why I am getting into such animal behavior in relationship to our present depraved reactionaries in the mediagovernment depravity and demoncrat left? And what about all of those NGO’s, especially Lutheran and Catholic Charities, just to name two? I can talk about the taxpayer trough that those two feed from with my experience as ‘Chair of Finance and Vice-Chair’ of a government county board that I was on. I will leave that for another day.

What we are witnessing through the very Constitutional efforts of the 47th President are fools who are being brought out into the light of day, wanting to protect their folly and return to it. Those various entities, ideologies and political parties are accustom to gulping down billions of dollars that are from taxes or worse, borrowed. Now that the vomit of these bureaucrats’ indiscretions are on the floor, the analogy seems gross but it is factually correct. Dogs will eat their vomit for the little remaining nutrients that it contains. So too, the Demoncrats and their favorite ideological puppies hunger for what is left on the corporatists banquet room floor from the federal government, those putrid programs which enslaved the citizenry with debt as well as the ideologies that most often manipulate the world stage for power and personal gain.

What really has you rattled as you see the pack of ravenous rabid degenerates foaming at the mouth over the bloated guts of a declining nation is the subtitle of DOGE – Common Sense or Calvinism? It is more than obvious in a comparative study of foundation history to the last two hundred years, that both common sense and ubiquitous Calvinism have been lacking in this nation. I have to develop these elements another time since they are most uncommon in the Echo Chamber of our present. I ask you to hang in there with me because the bigger issue is the destructive use, by all parties, of democracy. Continue reading

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Hello Echo Chamber – Seditious Use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate

Hello Echo Chamber

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Seditious Use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate

Welcome to the new ‘Echo Chamber’ at Samuel Adams Returns. Why that name for this newsletter, blog/vlog? Frankly it seems that most of what is produced within this newsletter, blog/vlog posts only reverberate within a chamber of the cavernous bellowing from a cacophony of talking heads of various political, social and religious genres. The modern pushers of communication emotionalism are no different than the contentious wranglers of words during all ages, especially during the founding era of this nation. I will always contend that there is nothing spoken or written that has not already been (Ecclesiastes 1:9). It is the lack of understanding history and the pursuit of humanistic rationalism that champions modern cognitive dissonance in political, cultural and even religious thinking and language.

Hence, the furthering of new as well as ambiguous ‘narratives’ / story telling greater than historical facts and systematic reason1. Through the education system, media and social media, we have well developed non-thinkers. We now have the gulable acting on emotionalism instead of truth established, at the very least, in natural revelation.

With that, I say again, Hello Echo Chamber at Samuels Adams Returns where we will look at our present through the mirrors of history.

Just a note, I may not be able to get to the video production of the postings. As you can visualize by the content here, I am continuing to do a lot of deep study in early church history, the writings of 1st and 2nd century church fathers as well as all the regular study I do to prepare for these newsletters. Hopefully for you, it is the content that matters.

On To The Topic for November and December

What is the seditious use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate?  seditious use of doctrine of lesser magistrates

We are seeing it everywhere in government. From the local level to the national. We are seeing the ideologues imbedded in every branch of government, especially in bureaucracies, defying existing law, Constitutionalism and reason. The majority in government even repudiate natural law / revelation as well as the designer and giver of the said natural law / revelation. Mostly in he last one-hundred-fifty years, the interlopers of humanism have filled the hallowed halls of government with the purpose on remaking foundational intent into something other than our established Constitutional Republic.

There are lists of reasons for the afore mentioned transformation of governance by anti-God ideologue lesser magistrates, but most significant are the mutations of higher education’s leadership. The presidents and staff of universities moved away from Christian Biblical presuppositions of every topic to that of humanism. Dr. Gary North points out in his book ‘The Biblical Structure of History.’ that the likes of Andrew Dickson White in 1896 ‘wrote one of the most important humanist books designed to undermine respect for Christianity: History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. He was a Protestant theological liberal. He hated any form of Protestantism that affirmed the final authority of the Bible.’ This as well as other humanist, socialist and communist ideologies has developed a divided nation with non-Christians having a point of disdain and enmity for all that is morally defined by Biblical truth. Continue reading

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Episode 446: The Black Cloak Brigade

See the link for the video of ‘The Black Cloak Brigade’ at Rumble or YouTube. Also, Rev. John Webb sermon (pdf) ‘The Government of Christ (1738)’ at Belcher Foundation. My humble delivery Rev. Webb’s 1738 Sermon.

black cloak brigadeThe third week of August in Chicago 2024 was the predictable collection of the Demonic Nocturnal Congregation (DNC) in fulfillment of that which was established through decades of gaslighting by the Black Cloak Brigade spawned prodigy1(must read footnote definition). This gathering is the expected result of 200 years of Unitarianism, Universalism and the Social Gospel. In short, the pinnacle of perfected humanism. The resulting assemblage inside mesmerized by the gaslighting (more on gaslighting further in) high priests and priestesses, while outside, the co-optate2 throngs of gargoyles spout the vitriol venom of invasive radicals and indoctrinated subversives.

Massive Influence

It is critical to understand that the massive influence of the present day Black Cloak Brigade is very much as that of the pastors in the founding era. Take this quote from The Life of Samuel Adams,

‘… so at the top of society were the ministers, men often of fine force, ability, and education. No other such career as the ministry afforded was open in those days to ambitious men. Year by year the best men of each Cambridge class went into the ministry, and the best of them were sifted out for the Boston pulpit. Jonathan May- hew, Andrew Eliot, Samuel Cooper, Charles Chauncey, Mather Byles, —all were characters of mark, true to the Puritan standards, generally, as regards faith, eloquent in their office, friends and advisers of the political leaders, themselves often political leaders, foremost in the public meetings, and active in private.

Together with the ministers, the merchants were a class of influence.’

One has to have a knowledge of what a real Puritan meant in the founding era. Especially as to root theology for developing personal and economic Liberty. The Sermon I include with this program is full of Puritan / Calvinistic theology that establishes how those elected or appointed are to govern, as servants of the King of all creation.

Unlike the Black Regiment (Black Robe Regiment), The Black Cloak Brigade is more than the Tory (British sympathizer) ideology and theology of the loyalist Colonial era. The emphasis of The Black Cloak Brigade is best found through the second definition for a cloke (cloak) in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary – Continue reading

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Episode 433: Nationalism – Part 3: Church and State Theological Polity Muddle – Ezra Stiles

See the link for the video of ‘Nationalism – Part 3: Church and State Theological Polity Muddle’ at Rumble or YouTube 

This week in Nationalism – Part 3: Church and State Theological Polity Muddle, Ezra Stiles gives us details of foundational Nationalism, I might add Christian to the to that. Stiles gives a deep study regarding national and international history that most have never heard.Nationalism

Yes, nations are judged as we are in this present time. Stiles lays this out with clear understanding.

Through Stiles we will cover the plight of the illegals rapacious flooding of our borders with historical context of enslaved people moving from one set of masters to another. In this 1783 sermon, I also cover the very tip of the iceberg for the Biblical foundation of ‘Just War Theory / Theology.’

And for this week, I am only covering the first twenty pages of the fifty-three page sermon. Therefore, I will be ending where it really begins to highlight A Nation elevated to Glory and Honor.

I have to speedily take you into all that Stiles introduced in these first twenty pages. There is historical significance you will not get anywhere else, and yes, pastors never get this unless they have a heart and mind to understand the full extensibility of God’s sovereignty.

Opening Comments

A quote from the sermon for you to chew on and then a bit of a bio on Rev. Ezra Stiles. Continue reading

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Episode 431: Church and State Theological Polity Muddle

Church and State Theological Polity Muddle

– Mayhew, Stiles and Schaeffer

See the link for the video of ‘Church and State Theological Polity Muddle’ at Rumble or YouTube

How is the history of 1766, 1783 and 1976 tied to the ‘Church and State Theological Polity Muddle’ of our present day? To get the perspective I delve into the 1766 Sermon by Johnathan Mayhew, the 1783 Sermon by Ezra Stiles and a 1976 book from Francis Schaeffer.

My marked and commented Mayhew sermon.

I want to be clear that I was researching this effort to educate on this topic longer than the present evangelical controversy that is playing out across the web-sphere. Although, the relevance of our present age is not new when it comes to how mankind addresses culture, government, politics and church polity; the root of how truth is treated is centered at how a culture, a nation or the church view the absolute sovereignty of God.

This week I introduce us to the ‘Repeal of the Stamp Act’ as delivered by Rev. Jonathan Mayhew. We will only get into the very first part of the historic colonial view as Mayhew relates it. In this, I interject the same inferences of injustice, influencers of government decisions and the responses of the Colonists. I also mention the intersection of Ezra Stiles and Francis Schaeffer as part of a trifecta that sets the stage for our present dilemmas.

Opening Comments

If you don’t understand what is happening in the United States Evangelical churches at present you can go to the references for what I believe is one of the best explanations and considerations of situation. This is a church theological polity muddle. Yet, there were similar jumbles, mishmash and confusion brought on by the Tory pastors during the whole of the Colonial Founding Era. Interestingly, Sam Adams addresses some of that confusion in a series of Articles.

In this podcast / vlog, I introduce quotes from Francis Schaeffer and Ezra Stiles that help set some of the tone for the connection between Mayhew’s sermon, the past and to the present lessened about fifty years. Continue reading

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Blog 412: When The Lights Go Out

When the Lights Go Out

By Rose Marie Cook

When the lights go out do you wonder what happened? Were you prepared? Can you find your way? Will you be able to function or are you gripped in bewilderment ready to … (you chose the ending.)

Yup, the lights went our around here again. We had sever storms and a tornado hit. For Cat and I, no big deal since we are ready for most inevitabilities. Yet, you have to look at the events across the nation from Hawaii wildfire, which was started from greeny theology and the negligence of the electric company, to hurricane Idalia blowing through the state of Florida and beyond.

Well, now a days, we think in nexus considering the timing of what and when the lights will go out because of the weaponized mechanism of the federal and state governments. Yes, all due to the storms of the malicious plans of elites which the Anti-federalists warned of.

As a note: Just remember that policy and law are developed and implemented based on religious beliefs. Check out the References for the mix of religious/denominational clinging to and promoting what I’ve studied as anti-Biblical. 

Almost everyone, including many citizens who consider themselves ‘on top of the current events,’ are actually ‘in the moment’ reacting as if all that is happening throughout the institutions of government were just happening in the last several decades.

Well, just about everyone, including so called conservatives, blabber ‘history be damned and let’s get all emotional’ since the lights are out and no one cares who rants or trembles in the dark, joining with the others stumbling along as well.

Dark To Dawn

Consider this quote from Rev. Samuel Cooke’s Election Day Sermon, 1770: Continue reading

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Episode 381: Year End Assessment and What Next

Year End Assessment Video at Rumble or YouTube  

My Year End Assessment is totally free forms. I have limited the notes here to highlights ofJanuary 6th Not what History Proves programs I have done over these 52 weeks of programing. Yet, generally speaking, I am focussing on the theme of Political Theology for this week.

Before I go further, there have been a couple individuals who have been faithful financial supporters of the program, as well as, a couple others that joined in with one time gifts. A warm Thank You.

Now, Let me summarize the past year and the one going forward:

Everything is theological. The question is what theology as ascribed to what god?

Murder Before Your EyesWith my summarization, I want to re-quote what I mentioned in the Christmas greeting from a Rev. Jasper Adams:

‘We find by examining its (Christianity’s) history, that, in rude ages, its influence has softened the savage and civilized the barbarian; while in polished ages and communities, it has accomplished the no less important end of communicating and preserving the moral and religious principle, which, among a cultivated people, is in peculiar danger of being extinguished amid the refinements, the gaiety, and the frivolous amusements incident to such a state of society.’ – 1833

As I always say: The Anti-federalists Got It Right, and they clearly predicted our present especially in their full understanding of the ramifications of those American sons of the enlightenment who argued for the Constitution of 1787. The Anti-federalists expected the pulpits to hold true to Christian Orthodoxy but knew full well that the humanism of the enlightenment and the theological shift to Universalism and Unitarianism would be the demise of Constitutionalism. (see Political Theology Part 1 and Demoncrat Convulsion – A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants)

Snapshots of the year in review:

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Episode 368: Christian Nationalism 7.0

Video for Christian Nationalism 7.0 at Rumble and YouTube 

Many articles and references have been showing up in my email regarding Christian Nationalism. IChristian Nationalism7.0 thought the article by John D. Wilsey titled ‘The Many Faces of Christian Nationalism’ is a nice walk through history on this area of Political Theology.

I titled this program Christian Nationalism 7.0 in consideration of the seven distinct sections that are time stamps in the American story of Christianity being the influencer in governing the nation as well as the source of Patriotism – love of country.

I do a quick analysis of the paper by Wilsey. I have two areas where I have some disagreement with him. Those being his analysis of Lincolnian Unionism and Wilsonian Idealism. I do not consider either of these to be representative of positive eras of Christian Nationalism but more of the sort that used Christian references to justify their progressivism. This is especially true with Woodrow Wilson and his side kick John Foster Dulles.

Italy – A Return to Christian Nationalism?

Just a side note, If you want to hear Christian Nationalism bubbling, go and read the speeches of the new Italian Prime Minister. She nails it. See the analysis by Doug Wilson and Tucker Carlson.

1800’s observer on Christian Nationalism

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Episode 366: Reviewing Doug Wilson’s Primer on Christian Nationalism From the Mirrors of History

In preparation for this week, I was rereading ‘The Pulpit Of The American Revolution: Or, The Sermons Of The Period Of 1776, With A Historical Introduction, Notes, And Illustrations. By John Wingate Thornton, A.M.,’ and the Vlog of DougChristian Nationalism Wilson’s Primer on Christian Nationalism popped up on my video feed. Well, this really got my hair curled as I listened to Pastor Wilson echo the words of John Wingate Thornton’s Preface and Introduction to his work on these founding sermons.

I do not intend to do a frame by frame review of Doug Wilson’s Primer on Christian Nationalism but I do intend to take you through the mirrors of history regarding those reflections of then for the solutions of our present. I do expect that you shall review the Vlog of the Primer on Christian Nationalism after either listening to this programs podcast or watching the video.

Confessions and the Loss Guidance of Continuity

I had to take a short moment to comment on the references that were made in the Primer on Christian Nationalism regarding the American changes in the Westminster Confession. What I can attest to from having participated in various denominations, including charismatic ones, is that there is a loss of guiding continuity in what was Christian participation in government.

To me, after a deep study of the Reformation, the comparison of the Westminster Confession by Pastor Wilson hits the nail on the head for bureaucrats and elected persons at any level of government. The following is what I believe is a very important, the missing principles that once were inculcated in our Founding era where in the Westminster Confession. For the greater part of modern Christianity — This is not taught or for that matter, any of the foundational Confessions are not taught. Continue reading

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Episode 358: Enlightenment Toward the National Religion

Video at Rumble

There is much written on the Enlightenment and some of you are a greaterEnlightenment polymath than I. Yet, for others, I intend to offer some basic insights to the Enlightenment toward the National Religion here in these United States. The freedom of conscience did originate at the Edict of Milan in 313, where Constantine made all religions legal in the Roman Empire. I will discuss that this gift, Freedom of Conscience, is the bane of this nation since the majority of pulpits have been offered over to the National Religion.

In the first segment I am reviewing last week on ancient world with the comparison to our present pagan government. Through this week I came across a video where Doug Wilson was asked, ‘Were the Greek Gods Real?’ I like the way he gets one thinking about the powers shadowing nations. The bottom line that hits home is that we in reality battle in the spirit realm but one has to be properly equipped. Hoot man…. The majority of Christians do not consider the extensibility of this battle and the ‘why don’t they question’ is for another program.

Considering Melancton Smith

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