3/2/24: Explaining Early Christianity Using Today's Economy

Early Christianity; Love = Charity; Economy; Tolls and fees; Social welfare systems; Assisting society; Tens, hundreds and thousands; Heave and wave offerings; Coercion; Immigration rules; Surety for debt; Taxation; Marrying of Church and State; The snare of bondage; Agreeing to covet; Parable of the merchants; Private Religion; System of Cain; Being fruitful; Persecution; Federal Reserve Notes; Working for corporations; The way of Moses and Christ; Christ's redemption; Buying property; Legal tender; One purse; Samuel's warnings; Hearing the cries of your brother; Gen 42:21; What is needed for a free society; Col 2:20; Inheriting bondage; Subjection to ordinances; Caring for others' liberty; Master/slave relationships; Making the word of God to none effect; Christ's instructions against man's government; Biblical constitutions; Second coming?; Prov 12:24; Slothful under tribute; Jury nullification; Understanding history; Jerusalem without a king; Polybius; Corruption today; Range vs Farm sheep; Voluntary network organization; Romans 13; Overcoming misinformation; Liberty; Who's your daddy?; Making your "yes", "yes"; Freewill offerings; Volunteer fire departments; Getting your rights back; Living peaceably; Focusing on righteousness; Obeying God; Moneychangers; Turtledove sacrifice?; Matt 5:37; Early Christians in Great Britain; Jn 9:22; Was Paul a Roman citizen?; "Rhomaios"; Imagining you are free; Born into bondage; Paul's appeal to Caesar; Kingdom not of this "world"; Soldiers as Christians?; "Ekklesia"; Serving God or Mammon; Why you're in bondage; "Commerce"; Value exchange; What makes you a Christian?; Right reason; Strengthening the poor; Seek the real kingdom of God.