Tag Archives: First Principles

First Principles: My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side; My Greatest Concern Is To Be On God’s Side. For God Is Always Right

Posted on December 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln

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First Principles: To Preserve Liberty It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Possess Arms and Be Taught Alike, Especially When You, How To Use Them

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not … Continue reading →

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First Principles: In Repentance and Rest Is Your Salvation, In Quietness and Trust Is Your Strength But You Would Have None of It

Posted on December 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:” “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.” – Isaiah 30:15 NIV

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First Principles: Families Are the Nurseries of All Societies; and the First Combinations of Mankind

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.” – Cotton Mather

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First Principles: There Is A Serene and Settled Majesty To Woodland Scenery That Enters Into the Soul and Delights and Elevates It, and Fills It With Noble Inclinations

Posted on December 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.” – Washington Irving (It has been fundamental since the beginning of our nation to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Ask Sir, What Is the Militia? It Is the Whole People Except For A Few Public Officials

Posted on December 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.” – George Mason

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First Principles: It Is An Undoubted Truth That Every Doctrine That Comes From God, Leads To God; and That Which Doth Not Tend To Promote Holiness Is Not of God

Posted on December 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.” – George Whitefield (The Great Awakening was a direct cause of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Was Never In My Heart To Slight Any Man, But Only That Man Should Be Kept In His Place and Not Sit In the Room of God

Posted on December 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It was never in my heart to slight any man, but only that man should be kept in his place and not sit in the room of God.” – Anne Hutchinson

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First Principles: A True and Faithful Christian Does Not Make Holy Living an Accidental Thing…The Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ

Posted on December 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan … Continue reading →

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