Category Archives: History

monetary inflation in the Bible

Posted on May 28, 2013 by christopher fisher

One interesting property of both gold and silver is that they do not rust. Rust is a property of iron. The only way gold or silver can rust is if iron is added to the gold or silver. Interestingly enough … Continue reading →

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the amazing increase in the worlds standard of living

Posted on May 23, 2013 by christopher fisher

Worth showing anyone who thinks the standard of living is falling.

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go sell all you have and give to the poor

Posted on May 17, 2013 by christopher fisher

In the synoptic gospels, there is an instance described that baffles modern Christians. A rich young ruler approaches Jesus, asks what he has to do to be saved, Jesus tells him to follow the commandments, and follows that up with … Continue reading →

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patents did not cause the industrial revolution

Posted on May 17, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Deirdre McCloskey’s The Bourgeois Dignity (p 302-4): British patents were very expensive, a minimum of £100 (a respectable lower-middle class annual income at the time) and requiring many months of attendance on law courts in London. Therefore they were … Continue reading →

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galatians 2 – Paul writes incoherently

Posted on May 12, 2013 by christopher fisher

In most position papers or letters, individuals write in such a way to focus their words towards a common goal. If someone is writing about how sorry they are for missing a violin practice they would not say: I am … Continue reading →

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how was Paul hard to understand

Posted on May 12, 2013 by christopher fisher

2Pe 3:15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 2Pe 3:16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of … Continue reading →

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hetty green – why money does not mean wealth

Posted on May 6, 2013 by christopher fisher

In modern politics those who have a lot of money are labeled as wealthy. Countries with a strong currency or a lot of gold are labeled as wealthy. But this gives people a false sense of reality. People need to … Continue reading →

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paul uses extra-Biblical sources

Posted on May 5, 2013 by christopher fisher

2Ti 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; Paul, in 2 Timothy, mentions two individuals who are not named anywhere else in the Bible. … Continue reading →

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women during the industrial revolution

Posted on March 11, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Robert Hessen, The Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women and Children: The factories were held responsible, by such critics, for every social problem of that age, including… the desire for luxuries… It is a damning indictment of the … Continue reading →

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did paul have access to the gospels

Posted on March 6, 2013 by christopher fisher

Many, if not most, Biblical scholars advance a theory that the apostle Paul did not have access to any of the Gospels, at least how we know them today. Bart Ehrman states this explicitly: Paul really did not know that … Continue reading →

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