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1 day ago · His three most famous speeches—the House Divided Speech, the Gettysburg Address, and his second inaugural—all contain direct allusions to Providence and quote from Scripture. In the 1840s Lincoln subscribed to the Doctrine of Necessity, a belief that the human mind was controlled by a higher power.
1 day ago · It has construed the Constitution in defiant disregard of what was the object and intention of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. It has made no account whatever of the intention and purpose of Congress and the President in putting the Civil Rights Bill upon the Statute Book of the Nation.
4 days ago · Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech foresaw the problems that would beset his nation. The vision of the Founders for the eventual disappearance of slavery, Lincoln realized,...
5 days ago · Abraham Lincoln once delivered a speech at the 1858 Republican National Convention now called ‘A House Divided.’ What you may not know is that this title com...
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- Heath Jones
5 days ago · In the darkest hour of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln quoted the words of Jesus in today’s Gospel: “A house divided against itself cannot stand…” (Mark 3:20-35). Certain scribes were trying to question Jesus’ great acts of healing. They were disturbed at his escalating popularity.
5 days ago · With all this in mind, the meaning of Jesus’ next words becomes heightened: “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” – for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
5 days ago · The rupture between Jesus and his mother and brothers is echoed by his reference to “a house … divided against itself” (verse 25). This Markan sandwich leaves a vinegary aftertaste. In 3:28–30 Jesus declares that confusing the Holy Spirit’s agent with unclean spirits amounts to commission of an unforgivable sin.
