Why I refuse to marry couples under state license
Many couples marry under the authority of a state license rather than exercising common law rights. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin photography, Chattanooga) By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license to marry their future spouse. The file their paperwork with the state unquestioningly. They […]
Do Christian people really want revival in U.S.?
John the baptizer in prison, having called forth fruit worthy of repentance and having criticized the adultery of a king. (Image Freebibleimages.org) By David Fowler For the last several years, I’ve increasingly heard Christians comment about the need for revival in America. “We need to turn back to God,” they say. “We need to cry […]
U.S. judge defends authority of states to define marriage
Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. district court judge By David Tulis The argument for marriage comprises odd elements often claimed by those making revolution against it. ➤ Marriage favors diversity, because man and woman are diverse, whereas gay theory rejects complementarity for a dull sameness of partner. ➤ The marriage side favors history — marriage is […]
David’s illegal census used to judge a people gone astray
Absalom, King David’s son, is caught by his hair in a tree and shortly after is slain. Judgment darkens the house of David after his sin with Bathsheba. Personal and national judgments unite. Adversity hath slain her thousand, but prosperity her ten thousand. — Thomas Brooks, Puritan (1608-1680) By David Tulis King David at the […]
Tennessee justice says social order, peace depend of Sabbath rest
Christianity offers culture a day of rest — the first day of the week — during which people are to refrain from ordinary thinking, speaking and commerce, and instead worship God and rest in Him. This photo is along Brainerd Road in Chattanooga. It is appropriate to offer a cogent analysis of the Lord’s Day […]
The pledge of allegiance vs. local economy
Flags representing the federal government and the 50 states flutter on the lawn of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. By David Tulis The Christian socialist cousins behind the American pledge of allegiance were men who had a low view of local economy. Their vision of America in 1892 was one of national […]
Suspects in Bobo case charged pursuant to biblical distinction
Two men have been charged with murder in the death of Holly Bobo, who remains missing. (Photo TV3 in Chattanooga) By David Tulis The Holly Bobo slaying case produced a second indictment on April 29, this time against Jason Autry, a 39-year-old man accused by a special grand jury of first degree murder and especially […]
Fed, banking sector bring us centralized national economy
(It is valuable to read forecasts published prior to a debacle such as the 2008 financial meltdown. Below is an analysis that first appeared in an important financial newsletter, The Moneychanger, published in Westpoint, Tenn., in 2005. Some of the financial details are out of date, and I have deleted the source reference links that […]
For Chattanooga local economy to rise, rebuild waste places
Tulis boys, foreground, reload clips or fire downrange at a plinking session in Birchwood, Tenn. The weapons are a .30-cal. SKS and a .223-cal. Mini-14. An armed citizenry cannot be totally subjugated. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations […]
Neo-Nazi protest reveals family squabble with major parties
Total police presence at a protest by National Socialist Movement in Chattanooga is the real demonstration. 37 seconds. By David Tulis The coverage of the neo-Nazi protest in Chattanooga shows traditional media at its best. The story is so vital to the people of the town that only one side needs be told. And that […]