Eclectic Anecdotes

12-28-2019

Exegetical Support for Divine Simplicity

Immutable “For I the Lord do not change,” (Malachi 3:6). Simple “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth,” (John 4:24). “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder,” (James 2:19). Omnipresent “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” (Jeremiah 23:24). Omnibenevolent “The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings,” (Psalm 145:17). Omnipotent “all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made,” (John 1:3). “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together,”…

New Testament References to the Deuterocanonical Books

Catholicism

Below is a sampling of some of the references of the Deuterocanonical books contained in the New Testament. Daniel …and he cried with a loud voice, “I am innocent of the blood of this woman.” (Daniel 13:46) So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this righteous man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” (Matthew 27:24) Baruch Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east and west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the…

The American Civil War and Tariffs

American Civil War, Economics, United States

A popular myth expounded by libertarians is that the Civil War was caused by disputes over tariffs. Nothing could be further from the truth. The main aspect of this myth is that the South was paying the majority of tariffs levied by the government, and the Morrill Tariff was the final nail in the coffin, forcing the South’s hand into secession from the Union. To start, the South was not paying the majority of the tariffs. The southern economy was heavily slave-based, and infrastructure was less developed than the North (the prevalence of railroads in the North was one reason…