Apr 24, 2024
This episode of the series begins by discussing the 2007 and 2008 housing bubble, a topic that remains highly relevant today. During that period, prices were skyrocketing and interest rates were low, leading people to refinance and sink deeper into debt. When the collapse occurred, proponents of big government blamed...
Apr 17, 2024
Mike Winther kicks off Section 6a of "Biblical Principles of Government" with a poignant quote from Thomas Jefferson: "It's strangely absurd to suppose that a million human beings collected together are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately." This assertion underlines the principle of The...
Apr 10, 2024
Last week, Mike Winther discussed the biblical view of
property, the definition of property, and the question of whether
private property should even exist. Throughout this series of
lectures, he has been using the example of an island to illustrate
each concept.
Today, we return to the island to vote on redistributing...
Apr 3, 2024
In the words of Samuel Adams, one of the fathers of
the American Revolution, The natural rights of the colonists are
these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly, to
property; and lastly, to support and defend them in the best manner
they can.
Our journey began with the theme of origins, followed by the...
Mar 27, 2024
In this section of Mike Winther’s class on Biblical Principles of Government. Mike dives into economics with the goal of making economics useful to us. We explore the strategies communist leader Khrushchev purportedly advocated for undermining our economy through the gradual introduction of socialism.
Mike emphasizes...