Abrahams-Legacies

The name is important but the work is more important. We are a charity but what exactly is Abraham’s Legacy?

The name is important but the work is more important. We are a charity but what exactly is Abraham’s Legacy?

Photo by Dulana Kodithuwakku on Unsplash I’m reading through The Poverty of Nations by Wayne Grudem and Barry Asmus. I’m trying to understand how to solve poverty and how to best help the poor. This book is written to address the causes of poverty at the national level. It’s not exactly what I was looking for but it is close. Wayne Grudem and Barry Asmus are Christians with exceptional contributions to the topics of theology and economics respectively. ...

These are my personal notes from reading a book provided free of charge, for download, by Nathan Lewis of NewWorldEconomics.com He suggests that creating a wealthy nation, enriching the people and bringing a whole host of benefits beyond just wealth lies in two essential criteria. A low tax rate and a stable currency. What follows are a series of summaries of either his thoughts or my thoughts about his thoughts. I do not always differentiate between the two. Please comment below to share your thoughts on this topic. ...

Was God a capitalist or was He a socialist? Actually, these terms were coined much much later, many years after God had described the system of Government and Laws that He wanted the Israelites to abide by. But by studying the Laws, can we fit God into one of our modern boxes? Here’s the problem. The lack of boxes, we humans have a tendency to place people into boxes to help us understand them. But doing so invariably means that we do not truly understand them, to do that would require much more of a conversation, more so than we are often willing to engage in. ...