Category Archives: Christianity

answeringsword

Revelations 19:15, “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”

Lending, Secret Societies, Canon Law

Another set of threads to tie together out of recent conversations here:

Religious/ethical prohibitions against usury
Role of the Knights Templar and consequent secret societies in the origins of modern banking

Obviously, when it comes to secret societies, reliable information is exceedingly hard to piece together. But we could sketch out a tentative line of descent from the [...]

By Their Fruits

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” - Matthew 7:15-16
This passage has been on my mind a great deal lately. What are the “fruits” which are being spoken [...]

This Is My Blood

When Jesus said all that stuff at the Last Supper, what he meant was not an obscure esoteric or theological point. He simply meant that the wine and the food - the excuses he and his friends got together to celebrate one another’s company over - those were the true substance of what he was, [...]

How To Live In Heaven

“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” - Genesis 2:19
In the Book of Genesis, God gives unto Adam [...]

The Bible Is Exactly Like Life

The Bible is exactly like life. Think about it for a minute. It was written by a bunch of people in different times, places, cultures and situations. It’s authors wrote about the things they valued.
Think about it like this: imagine you and your closest friends decided to sit down and write and entire encyclopedia. First [...]

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