Category Archives: People

price controls cause famines

Posted on June 18, 2013 by christopher fisher

Thomas Sowell, in his Basic Economics, has an excellent chapter on price controls. Because prices naturally settle at an equilibrium price, if the government uses artificial means to set prices then there will either be a shortage or a surplus … Continue reading →

Posted in Econ 101, Economics, Goverment, History, People, Price Controls, Sowell | 4 Comments

erhman explains to skeptic the concept of historical evidence

Posted on June 17, 2013 by christopher fisher

Bart Ehrman does a good job explaining to a skeptic that historical evidence should be believed. He has to explain the entire concept of historical evidence to the skeptic. It is pretty funny.

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sowell on swedish price controls

Posted on June 11, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Thomas Sowell’s book Basic Economics: Rent control had very much the same effects in Sweden. As of 1940, there were approximately 6,330,000 people living in Sweden and there were about 1,960,000 dwelling units to house them-about 31 housing units … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, People, Price Controls, Sowell | 1 Comment

ehrman on the incident at antioch

Posted on June 4, 2013 by christopher fisher

Ehrman gives an excellent summary of the Incident at Antioch in his Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene (p 21): According to Paul’s account in the book of Galatians, Peter came to visit Antioch and followed suit, meeting with both Jews … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Dispensationalism, Ehrman, History, People, Theology | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Church History, Dispensationalism, Ehrman, History, People, Theology | 3 Comments

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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of mystery cults and baptism

Posted on February 14, 2013 by christopher fisher

The baptisms performed by Ambrose and Augustine are additional evidence that the Church, very early on, became heavily paganized. Continue reading →

Posted in Augustine, History, Mystery Cults, Theology | 1 Comment

Jesus was dirty

Posted on February 14, 2013 by christopher fisher

Over at CNN there is an excellent article on dismantling the clean image of Jesus. Literally speaking, Jesus was dirty in a literal sense. He suffered human problems, which could include things such as dysentery. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Jesus, Theology | 5 Comments

Jesus and his secret teachings

Posted on January 21, 2013 by christopher fisher

So every time Jesus talks about anything related to the gospel as we know it, it is always to his disciples, it is never understood by anyone, it is widely rejected, and never is it tied to salvation (redeeming blood, a blood sacrifice, redemption, propitiation, or grace). Instead, the four gospels are laid out in a fashion we would expect. Jesus is introduced. His general gospel is explained. And any nuanced or secret teachings are revealed later. His public ministry was always about a coming Kingdom of God. It was never about his death and resurrection. Continue reading →

Posted in Dispensationalism, Jesus, Theology | 3 Comments

on the progessives hurting the poor

Posted on October 29, 2012 by christopher fisher

Even the fact that slum-dwellers often joined with slum landlords to physically resist being evicted by the authorities from housing declared “sub-standard” did not cause Jacob Riis or many other reformers to reconsider whether what they were doing was really in the best interests of the people whose interests they were ostensibly protecting. It is all too easy for people with more formal schooling to believe that they know better than those directly concerned. Continue reading →

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