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July 4, 1787 – Happy Independence Day! (Since May, I have been reading through the notes taken by James Madison at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Every day the Convention was in session, I have posted a summary of the day and an account of the influences on the delegates. I…
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July 2, 1787 (click to read Madison’s notes) Summary The delegates were deadlocked on Oliver Ellsworth’s motion to give each state one vote in the Senate with proportional representation in the House. Before adjourning for the July 4th holiday, the delegates formed a committee to discuss the motion over the…
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Perhaps trying to see how outrageous he can get, the man who was elected to be president, Donald Trump, posted the following video on Twitter. #FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 While many of his die-hard evangelical followers were in church hearing about turning the…
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At noon (ET) tomorrow, I will be on the Moody Radio Network program “Up for Debate with Julie Roy” to discuss the question, “Should Christians Be Nationalists?” The guest taking a contrasting position will be Ken Klulowski who is the Legal Editor at Breitbart News and Senior Counsel & Director…
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June 30, 1787 (Click to read Madison’s notes) Summary The Connecticut compromise was debated and Madison proposed that the real division of states was between slave and free, not large and small. Influences on the Delegates After dispensing with a motion to make a special request for New Hampshire to…
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The UK Guardian reported yesterday that two state AG’s (NY and NC) will look into the finances of Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow and his fundraising charities. Examining the federal tax forms from Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (2015 990), I can see why. Remember CASE is the nonprofit which serves as…
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June 29, 1787 (click to read Madison’s notes) Summary On this day in Convention, the delegates decided on proportional representation in the House of Representatives and postponed a vote on representation in the Senate. Connecticut delegate Oliver Ellsworth introduced the Connecticut Compromise for consideration. Influences on the Delegates The delegates picked up…
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June 28, 1787 (click to read Madison’s notes on the day) Summary For students of religion at the Constitutional Convention, today is one of the most eventful days of the summer. Two hundred and thirty years ago today, in the midst of strong and passionate debate about the way states…
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I hope you go read this article by the Guardian on Jay Sekulow’s fund raising tactics. I had been aware of the massive amounts of money he has raised through fear mongering but I didn’t know about the actual tactics. This is obscene. Sekulow has a company that manipulates Christians…
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June 27, 1787 (click the link to read Madison’s notes) Summary There were no votes on substantial issues today. The “highlight” was a speech of “over three hours” by Luther Martin on the need for each state to have an equal vote in the national government. The backdrop for this assertion…
