Everyone is talking about the woke, or enlightened, life. They have no idea what they are getting into. It’s not new. It’s also not what the world thinks. https://youtu.be/1XXOtdpuT2A 1 Samuel 26:1-25 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?” So... Continue Reading →
Is Freedom a Myth?
Freedom has always been an interesting concept to me. When thinking about physical freedom, people have measured it in three ways: positive, negative, and republican. Positive freedom is the freedom I have to do what I am capable of. I can eat and I can sleep and I can read. I cannot breathe underwater unaided.... Continue Reading →
Behold American Independence: Explained
When we decide to share thoughts, we seem to have two options. The first is uncreative and many times uninspiring. It is a simple relay of information from one person to another for informational purposes. The second is creative and hopes to inspire thought. It is an oration (or a potential oration) that people will... Continue Reading →
Behold American Independence
"Independence Day is nigh! It is the day that we celebrate the American colonies winning independence from Britain, and we assume to still have such independence, but there is distaste. What was honey to the lips might turn sour as it enters the stomach. Behold American Independence that provides its people with welfare and healthcare... Continue Reading →
In These Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDzVJQGa9AY&feature=youtu.be I'm in these chains I look out from these gates Ashamed of what I've been made These chains on my feet Causin' me to bleed Well, I was born here Through the cracks in these walls I peer I want to be free, I want to be free! I am a slave... Continue Reading →
Be We Free? (the first chapter)
Human Desire for Freedom: Can Freedom Be Had? Man is begat in bondage and there is nothing he can do to escape it. His desire for freedom outweighs his desire for life, yet he is trapped in life. He is a slave to governments and to perception and to morality and to circumstance and... Continue Reading →
Am I Actually Free? 1 Corinthians 10:23-33
Within the context of contemporary society, liberty is something that is constantly on my mind. I live in a world where I am forced to pay out a certain percentage of my paycheck for the pursuit of national welfare. I am forced to insure both my vehicle and my person. I live in such... Continue Reading →
My Right to Self-Defense!
Rights The American claim to certain rights is a claim worth exploring and a claim from which we should demand certain answers. The most basic of which is a question concerning whether or not any person has rights in the first place. So, I beg the question. Do we actually have any rights whatsoever? If... Continue Reading →
Dear Houston
Houston, you have a problem Freedom is being ravaged in your city while tyranny and oppression have parked in your government. And you are attacking my brothers! Let me speak while the first amendment has yet to be amended. I love my country, but I am tired of this American cynical serpent making sinners out... Continue Reading →
Here a Slave, There a Slave, Everywhere a Slave Slave…
Slavery is contemporarily classified as a morbid evil that once permeated, and in many ways still persists in human civilization and this classification is true. It is true in the sense that African Americans should never have been treated as they once were. It is true in the sense that human trafficking is a vile... Continue Reading →