In 1550, Martin Bucer told England's 13-year-old king that a ruler can clear the thorns and plow the field, but only Christ can make the seed grow.
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Here's Luther warning that following rabbinic interpretations could obscure Christ in the Old Testament.
"Thus the Jewish understanding slips in unnoticed, as has happened to every translator without exception, including me."
We've read a lot of old books with 🌶️ takes that seem unfathomable in today's culture.
One of the spiciest takes we've come across is that luxury goods should be regulated, because it makes soft and unproductive societies.
Columbus didn't credit maps for finding America. He credited Isaiah.
After his third voyage, he compiled a private book of Bible prophecies and told Ferdinand and Isabella that "reason, mathematics and maps" had nothing to do with it.
We put together the full audiobook, in modern English. Here's our favorite clip.
Happy Indigenous People's Day! To celebrate, we are going to publish a work by Christopher Columbus.
108 now. More to go.
So we produced 30 audiobooks and plan on doubling the amount in short order. Many of these have never been turned into audiobooks.
From now until the end of the week, if you donate $50 you will get full access the entire library for life.
We even built an app-like audio player because we like you.
updatedworks.com/audiobooks/
The real travesty with the upcoming execution of a terrorist is not that it will be streamed...it's that it won't have a sermon like this before it. @PeteHegseth
It looks like it's time for us to update some sermons from early America given before public executions of murderers.
Replying to @EWErickson
Appreciate your thoughts and enjoy reading them on X! While God permitted the death penalty in the ancient world as a way to safeguard human life, God also spared Cain. We are not required to practice the death penalty in modern America, but it is licit if needed to protect human life and the common good. In today's America, with maximum security prisons, it is not. I also think it's very possible for pro-abortion societies to be pro-death penalty. China is the biggest example of that today.
96 audiobooks, many never published before. 750+ hours. Still more to go.
So we produced 30 audiobooks and plan on doubling the amount in short order. Many of these have never been turned into audiobooks.
From now until the end of the week, if you donate $50 you will get full access the entire library for life.
We even built an app-like audio player because we like you.
updatedworks.com/audiobooks/
Added more audiobooks. Almost 300 hours now.
Yesterday, donations from readers/listeners completely covered the cost of production so far.
So we produced 30 audiobooks and plan on doubling the amount in short order. Many of these have never been turned into audiobooks.
From now until the end of the week, if you donate $50 you will get full access the entire library for life.
We even built an app-like audio player because we like you.
updatedworks.com/audiobooks/
So we produced 30 audiobooks and plan on doubling the amount in short order. Many of these have never been turned into audiobooks.
From now until the end of the week, if you donate $50 you will get full access the entire library for life.
We even built an app-like audio player because we like you.
updatedworks.com/audiobooks/







