Tag Archives: Justification

First Principles: In Time of Peace There Can, At All Events, Be No Justification For the Creation of A Permanent Debt by the Federal Government

Posted on March 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited range of constitutional duties may certainly under such circumstances be performed without such a resort.” … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward

Posted on March 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Moving Forwardby Michael DoyleLiving the world’s way is often a lossIt is at best, a coin tossTo die and live again in our relationshipMoves beyond the wisdom of our worshipIt’s unshakeable in this accomplishmentOur lives are redeemed in their improvementWalking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishment, Alive, Breath, Broken Tendencies, Christ's Power, Coin Toss, Consequence, Die, Dying To Sin, Fallen, Freedom, Glory, Goodness, Grace, Holiness, Improvement, Justification, Live Again, Loss, Moving Forward, Poetry and Poems, Providence, Redeem, Relationship, Reverence, Roads, Sanctification, Savior Calling, Sin, Sin's Slavery, Spiritual Genetics, Thrive, Unshakable, Wisdom, World's Way, Worship | Leave a comment

An Illustration of Faithfulness

Posted on February 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

An Illustration of Faithfulnessby Michael RomaniIn this space of human realityWe live an eternity of our moralityWhile We approach this with humilityIt can easily seem that life is brutalityGrace plus anything is grace deficientNo plus or minus can be sufficientWe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abraham, Cross, David, Faithfulness, Gift, Grace, Humility, Illustration, Justification, Morality, Poetry and Poems, Rift, Salvation, The Law | Leave a comment

First Principles: There Is No Justification For Taking Away Individuals’ Freedom In the Guise of Public Safety

Posted on October 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no justification for taking away individuals’ freedom in the guise of public safety.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Consent of the Governed

Posted on June 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Consent of the Governedby Michael DoyleAs a people, our government transformedWhen we could not be forcefully conformedTo a loss of rightful, popular sovereigntyThis could not be allowed by our dignityUnjust in his dictatorial set of actionsWe, the Americans, demanded satisfactionThis … Continue reading →

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Self-Stirred To Capability

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Self-Stirred To Capabilityby Michael DoyleStepping up to live and serveI walk in more blessings than I deserveIn this faith, I grow and growLiving more love than I might knowGuilt and innocence is our cultureLitigious in nature is what we nurtureCaught … Continue reading →

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The Knife Slipped In

Posted on March 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Knife Slipped In by Michael DoyleWith the surrender of human freedomThe therapeutic class becomes a fiefdomEach criminal a victim of circumstanceSimply put they have become marionettes of happenstanceThose meant to help come to equally defendWith the incomes and career … Continue reading →

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On This Path of Redemption

Posted on November 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

On This Path of Redemptionby Michael DoyleThe struggles we liveFill us with doubtWhatever life may giveTo the point we want outFaith works through us allHowever the winds might be contraryIt’s the high pressure we must recallHowever the opposition seems legendaryThe … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Justification and the Purpose of Speech…Is To Prevent Error and Discover Truth

Posted on April 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than … Continue reading →

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Be Your Own Hero

Posted on September 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Be Your Own Heroby Michael DoyleIncurable as a dreaming heroStubborn as a seeming zeroWe play our parts in masqueradeEach day lived within its charadeHiding ourselves behind the music we playCaught up in front of screens all dayBecause we cannot be … Continue reading →

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