Category Archives: First Principles

First Principles: I Urge You, Brothers and Sisters, To Watch Out For Those Who Cause Divisions and Put Obstacles In Your Way That Are Contrary To the Teaching You Have Learned. Keep Away From Them.

Posted on November 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” – Romans 16:17

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First Principles: Be Humble, Talk Little, Think and Pray Much

Posted on November 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.” – George Whitefield

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First Principles: An Enforced Uniformity Throughout A Nation Or Civil State, Confounds the Civil and Religious, Denies the Principles of Christianity and Civility, that Jesus Christ Has Come In the Flesh

Posted on November 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and civility, and that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.” – Roger Williams

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First Principles: The End of Law Is Not To Abolish Or Restrain, But To Preserve and Enlarge Freedom…Where There Is No Law, There Is No Freedom

Posted on November 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” – John Locke

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First Principles: The Deterioration of Every Government Begins With the Decay of the Principles On Which It was Founded

Posted on November 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Baron de Montesquieu

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First Principles: We, Too, Born To Freedom, and Believing In Freedom, Are Willing To Fight To Maintain Freedom

Posted on November 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed It

Posted on November 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, For It Is the Power of God To Salvation For Everyone Who Believes, For the Jew First and Also For the Greek

Posted on November 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” – Romans 1:16

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First Principles: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies…That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on November 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

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First Principles: It Is One of My Sources of Happiness Never To Desire A Knowledge of Other People’s Business

Posted on November 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people’s business.” – Dolly Madison Maybe we’d all be best advised to live more this way than to seek to undermine each other all the … Continue reading →

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