TEACHER: Dr. Bartlett
MODE: 10 lectures, live or conference calls.
REQUIRED STUDENT RESOURCE:
Peter Allison, Dollar Non¢ents ( San Diego , CA : Aventine Press, 2004), $11.95 + tax, shipping and handling. Call 701-263-4574.
REFERENCES USED BY TEACHER:
- Dan Smithwick, Dennis Woods & Charles Wolfe, “Biblical Principles in Economics,” in Developing a Biblical Worldview, ( Lexington , KY : Nehemiah Institute, 2000).
- Donald W. Schanzenbach, Advancing the Kingdom ( Minneapolis , MN : River City Press, 2001).
- Economic Solutions: How You and America Are Being Bankrupted & What You Can Do To Avoid the Wipeout (Boulder, CO: Heal Our Land Ministries, 1997).
- Vic Lockman and John Avanzini, Biblical Economics in Comics (Hurst, TX: His Image Ministries, 1985).
- Gary North, “Economics: From Reason to Intuition,” in Foundations of Christian Scholarship, (Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1976).
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course conveys what the Bible teaches about money and economics. Money is defined along with inflation and how man’s fallen nature has influenced our money system. The practical Proverbs related to inheritances, savings, wealth and how they can be implemented practically. The principle of tithing. The Biblical limits to “Caesar’s” taxation. The morality and lawfulness of land taxes. Why not loan money at interest? Debt and borrowing. The responsibility of the Church in economic systems. The history of the Federal Reserve Corporation. How to implement Biblical economic principles in an unbiblical new world order. Introduction to Christian inventing and entrepreneurship. The problem of gaming and more.
Quote to ponder : "The church is perishing today through a lack of thinking."
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Principles of Ownership: God owns everything. God delegates ownership.
II. Labor and Rest: God’s Labor and Rest, Man’s Labor and Rest, Labor-less Deceit.
III. Historical Systems of Economic Theory: Socialism. Marxist/Lenninism. Capitalism/Free Enterprise .
IV. Biblical Pattern for Free-market Economics.
V. The Federal Reserve Bank – Biggest Fraud in America ’s History.
VI. The Great Income Tax Swindle.
VII. The Bankers and The New World Order.
VIII. The Market Details: Division of Labor, Profit, Immigration, War, Rent Control, Public Housing, Welfare, Gospel Freedom.
IX. Indian Reservations: America ’s Model for Destruction.
X. Discussion and Implementation of Solutions.