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The Ultimate Resource
When God said to Adam and Eve…”Be fruitful and multiply”… this not only meant having children, but to be productive in life. God created humans to have worth, value and contribute to the world around them. This is core to … Continue reading
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Finland’s Folly
In January 2017 Finland became the first country in Europe to pay free basic income in a pilot program, which evoked enthusiasm around the world. It was a much-heralded socialistic experiment. However, the Finnish government reportedly announced Tuesday that it … Continue reading
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Christianity Instilled Compassion in Western Civilization.
Harold Eberle in his book Compassionate Capitalism: A Judeo-Christian Value, highlights how the spread of Christianity instilled compassion in Western Civilization… The spread of Judeo- Christian values implanted compassion in Western civilization. You see…the ancient pagan religions offered no motives … Continue reading
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Christianity Transforms Pagan Culture
Harold Eberle in his book Compassionate Capitalism: A Judeo-Christian Value, highlights how the spread of Christianity continued to transform the pagan culture of ancient Europe… Great Christian thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas and other catholic theologians strongly defended rights for … Continue reading
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The Success Sequence…as Old as the Bible.
Ready for a revolutionary new approach to teach children from any nation how to live a prosperous life… Brookings scholars Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill call it the “success sequence”: that is…getting at least a high-school diploma, working, and then … Continue reading
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The Anti-God Roots of Socialism and Communism
A recent Gallup poll has noted that roughly half of Americans say they would be willing to vote for a socialist and 70% of Millennials would do the same. Numerous polls show similar levels of support among millennial voters, with … Continue reading
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Was It the “Luck” of the Irish That Caused Them to Prosper?
It was the potato famine that began driving large numbers of Irish to leave home in the late 1840s. This migration, along with mass starvation and disease, would eventually cost Ireland around a third of its population. Some went to … Continue reading
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You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have
As we learned from the celebration of Purim last week, Jews in the Old Testament were taught to be generous and so Christians today should be generous. In the years I have been teaching Godly abundance I have said many … Continue reading
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They Tried to Kill Us, We Survived, Let’s Eat!
Today…Jews don costumes and feast to celebrate Purim…the “they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat” Jewish holiday. Purim remembers the tale of the Jews’ escape from death in Persian Empire as told in the book of Esther. Esther … Continue reading
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From Serfdom to the Middle Class
The majority of Europeans during the middle ages lived as serfs on land owned by Kings and Lords who ruled from fortified castles. They were trapped in subsistence living, but this was accepted because people had no concept of advancing … Continue reading
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