The Centrality of Christ

Sundays with Mac and Mike What do we mean by the centrality of Christ? It does not mean we all have to have the same beliefs about everything. What we must have is the centrality of Christ in order to be called Christians. Many passages from the Gospels to the Epistles of Paul call for Read More

First Amendment Part 3

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Mac and Mike discuss the right to assemble and petition Read More

Intro to Sundays with Mac and Mike

Mac and I have discussed the Christian faith before. We have now decided to start a section called “Sundays with Mac and Mike”. At the beginning of the video, I jokingly say we are going to call ourselves “Father Mac” and “Pastor Mike”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mac comes at things from Read More

The First Amendment Part 2

Last week Mac and I decided to move ahead with some thoughts on the First Amendment and Religion. We planned on moving on to the elements that deal with freedom of speech and the press. However, with all the hubbub about January 6th, this video contains some discussion of the right of the people peaceably Read More

First Amendment and Religion

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. To dig deeper click this link for the annotations on Read More

Project Veritas and the 1st and 4th Amendment

Last week Mac and I talked about the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. We had planned to move on and talk about other Amendments. However, in the week that followed another pertinent case related to the 1st and 4th Amendments came to our attention. That was the raid of Project Veritas by the FBI. Like Read More

The Fourth Amendment

Does the 4th Amendment allow the government to send unsolicited text messages? Is that an invasion of privacy? Should you give up your location and allow the Government, either State or Federal, to track you? Is the China Flu causing people to unwittingly capitulate for safety? We all have lots of questions. This is a Read More

Ethan Crumbley’s Parents Charged

Was it right to charge Ethan Crumbley’s parents with involuntary manslaughter? More information may be revealed as time goes on. However, it seems a bit over the top to hold parents accountable for the actions of their teenage children. We can come up with arguments in this particular case from the viewpoint of proper behavior Read More

The Election Process

Did you ever wonder why it is so hard for an average American to run for higher political office? What makes our system so difficult to navigate? Could Abraham Lincoln become President today? Mac outlines some of the processes related to elections. While he speaks in terms of Pennsylvania, other states have similar processes.

Foundational Principles

Foundational principles are sometimes called fundamental principles. For now, we can summarize it like this: “principles from which other truths can be derived”. Here is an analogy. I taught land navigation in the Air Force as a part of annual combat survival training before GPS. It is too bad life does not come with one. Read More