The Middle Ages: Disease. Cities filled with sewage, rats, and dirty water. Physicians practice bloodletting (draining up to 80% of a patient’s blood), purging (meds to cause vomiting or diarrhea), and extreme sweat treatments. (Such so-called ‘heroic medicine’ often hastens the patient’s death.) You are better off poor—poor enough to avoid doctors, that is, butContinue reading ““SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE” Colossians 3:2.”
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A Lawyer Looks at the Trials of the Apostle Paul. Acts 24-26.
Laws are built on beliefs about the nature of man, of justice and fairness, and how best to operate a society. No source played a larger role in the development of Anglo-American (“English-American”) law than the Bible. Not only did the Archbishop of Canterbury write the first draft of the Magna Carta, but the bookContinue reading “A Lawyer Looks at the Trials of the Apostle Paul. Acts 24-26.”
Five Points From History.
Never forget the historical context of the Bible. For example, did you know Jews were history’s first MONOTHEISTS? Before Abraham, the world believed in many gods, worshipping the sun, moon, stars, and idols. The Jews were actually called “atheists” because they rejected every ‘god’ but their own. Second–a related point—these monotheists were the first toContinue reading “Five Points From History.”
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