In the second roundtable recap of the new year, David, Will, and Simon review a recent "Christian Critique" of Bitcoin and discuss principles for processing arguments against Bitcoin.
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In episode 25, Will, Simon, and David will be drawing together some common threads about privacy, freedom, and responsibility. These topics are increasingly important in our current economic and political climate. Bitcoin provides a unique foundation for God's children and His church to protect and guard their personal sovereignty.
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Bitcoin Privacy by Matt O'Dell (Swan Bitcoin)
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In episode 24, David, Will, and Simon address the concern about stablecoins distorting the bitcoin market value. Topics discussed include the basics of what stablecoins are, why they exist in our current financial system, and how they relate to the present and future of bitcoin. Further, the subject of collateralized lending is brought forward to examine how Christians can view and use this method of preserving savings while accessing cash flow.
Our prayer for you is that as you study bitcoin, you will grow in your conviction and confidence that it is “sound money” useful for savings and sovereignty in uncertain times for individuals and churches.
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Proof-of-Stake and Stablecoins: A Blockchain Centralization Dilemma by Lyn Alden
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In the first roundtable recap of the new year, David, Will, and Simon review key events in the news and discuss how Christians can work to sort through all of the rumors and misinformation that are prevalent in our world and hold fast to some key truths about Bitcoin.
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In episode 23, David, Will, and Simon ask and answer some of the hard questions about energy stewardship with the goal of properly informing your understanding of Bitcoin’s energy usage today and in the future. We believe that once you truly understand the moral case for both fossil fuels and Bitcoin, you will be able to confidently believe and defend the truth that Bitcoin energy usage may be one of the best and wisest usages of fossil fuels that man has ever created.
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In episode 22, David, Will, and Simon discuss whether our culture has reached a point of peak centralization and what implications this has as we prepare for the possibility that decentralization will increase. Bitcoin is one of several technologies accelerating the transition to decentralization.
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BTC062: MONETARY CYCLES AND HISTORY W/ MARK MOSS
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When a person becomes a Christian, no matter how old they are, there are a series of basic steps that must be taken to learn how to walk in maturity with Christ. Similarly, we recommend a series of basic steps for a person new to Bitcoin. Our goal is to gird you up and strengthen you to hold and use that which you have earned and rejoice in what God has provided. With wisdom comes great joy.
Proverbs 10:14 (NAS): Wise men store up knowledge, but with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
LESSON: choose your teacher (or source of information) well. Character matters (Lk. 6:40)
Proverbs 10:17 (NAS): He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
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Our topic of discussion today for the third episode of Season 3 is the concept of Time Preference.
This terminology and distinction have become popular among Bitcoiners and those who embrace sound money. However, many individuals who are new to Bitcoin discover that before studying Bitcoin and sound money, their time preference was actually a high time preference shaped by the unbiblical worldview of the current monetary system. By studying, buying, and “hodling” Bitcoin, they find that their time preference shifts from high to low, which begins to change other aspects of their lives. For example, rather than indulging the immediate desires for instant gratification, they find themselves saying “no” to their fleshly desires and pursuing behaviors that demonstrate discipline, self-control, and delayed gratification.
Today, our focus is on whether the concept of “low time preference” is Biblical and, if so, how we as Christians should cultivate it.
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The second episode of Season 3 focuses on responsibility and self-custody, a timely and important topic for the following groups:
With great freedom comes great responsibility. The benefit of holding an asset that is a bearer instrument is that you do not have to depend on anyone else to access it or use it. The downside is that you bear the responsibility of protecting it. As always, the key is education, and we hope to provide some perspective today through a fun and engaging discussion.
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The first episode of Season 3 moves into the application of the truths that David, Will, and Simon have been developing in Seasons 1 and 2. Christians can rest confidently on the truth of God’s Word and seek to draw out practical behaviors and attitudes for living in the ever-changing dynamic of today’s world with Bitcoin as their savings.
Our prayer is that throughout Season 3 you will gain and retain conviction in the choice of saving in Bitcoin. Be patient and stand firm on the choice that you have made.
What happened to the Bitcoin price at the end of 2021? Can we continue to trust in its ability to hold value?
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The final episode of Season 2 - the Back to the Bible Season - allows David, Will, and Simon to focus on how believers can apply the truths about money gleaned from God's Word to Bitcoin. Saving in Bitcoin requires wisdom, prudence, and conviction. This episode asks and answers several key questions regarding this process.
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What is God’s ultimate purpose for His Created universe and how does our work and money today and in the future fit into this grand epic?
God created man and woman to rule over the earth and despite their sinful rebellion, He has purposed to redeem mankind and restore them to rule under His authority over a restored earth.
A Biblical worldview must look forwards and backward with comprehensive confidence in God’s plan and it is with this confidence that we look forward to the steps that take us from where we are today to the “ages to come” (Eph 2:7) of God’s Eternal Kingdom where we as believers will “reign forever and ever” with God. (Rev 22:5)
Our theology can best be described as Reformed in our soteriology and Dispensational Premillennial in our eschatology. We hold our eschatology with deep conviction but readily acknowledge that it is not a gospel essential. Based upon our doctrinal convictions it is our goal tonight is to explore what the Bible tells about economic activity and money in the end times. We will restrain our enthusiasm for depth and breadth and constrain our discussion to the pertinent aspects that affect our understanding of money so that we can help you evaluate the wisdom of Bitcoin in this age.
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Episode 15 (New Testament Money Matters) provides a careful examination of several well-known passages in the New Testament to ensure we are properly understanding them contextually and drawing the correct applications with respect to money.
How should a Christian who owns Bitcoin ensure that he is obedient to the warning of Jesus and the NT authors about loving and serving money in Luke 8:14, Luke 16:13-15, I Timothy 3:2-3, 1 Timothy 6:10, and Hebrews 13:5?
Is Jesus a friend of the poor who is opposed to the rich?
Does Jesus prohibit lending at interest in Luke 6:34-35?
What does Jesus’ expulsion of the money changers from the temple teach us about God’s attitude toward money?
Is the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 intended to communicate truths about savings/investment or not?
Does Jesus' admonition to His disciples in Luke 12:33-34 mean we should not store wealth?
Summary
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Save to Give (Episode 14) addresses the dangers of pursuing and studying money (even Bitcoin) - the temptation to take your focus off of God and His goodness and provision and worship the pursuit of money and the illusion of protection that it provides. Fortunately, God’s Word provides the antidote to this attitude through a consistent application of generosity. God Himself is a generous God and He gives abundantly to His children thereby enabling us to be less attached to our money and property and desirous of emulating Him by being generous with others.
As we continue to mine Scripture for its rich truth regarding God’s thoughts on wealth and money, we find the principle of generosity. God is generous with us spiritually by offering us the greatest gift we can imagine - the righteousness of Jesus Christ. His generosity extends to our physical well-being as well, and even encompasses those people who want nothing to do with Him (Matt. 5:45).
I Timothy 6:17-19 (NASB)
17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. 18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.
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Episode 13 raises and examines two important questions for Christian believers who own or are considering owning Bitcoin
God’s Word is sufficient to properly inform the Biblical worldview in all areas that pertain to life and godliness and thus we are confident that if we go to God’s Word with the right attitude and method, we can find answers for even the hard questions. God has instituted human government as a necessary part of His world and God is glorified when Christians submit to authority - even unjust authority. Submission in the realm of money requires careful analysis of the sphere of government ownership, taxation, Christian liberty, and prudent action
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In Episode 12, we see how God’s just law provides the practical framework for our physical lives and specifically our economic choices which affords us hope as we seek to live rightly in our fallen world while awaiting the return of the righteous King - Jesus.
In Episode 11, David, Will and Simon connected the truths that the world that God created is invested with His infinite wisdom which allows human beings to rule over creation, work, trade with one another, own private property, and freely engage in economic development. God designed a world where individuals are free to act independently and without coercion as they exchange labor, time, and money for goods, land, and services that enhance their sphere of life and glorify the Creator.
Individual freedom is bound by God's perfect standard of righteousness and justice which stems from His character. No man is righteous, not even one, and that our violation of God’s law has created an infinite separation between us and God that can only be restored through the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.
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God has designed our world to rely upon trade as a mechanism for communicating information and transferring value in small localized settings, nationally, and internationally. As we look closely at God's word, we can see the aspects of free enterprise economics in various threads throughout human history. This episode will focus on how God views the systems of trade relationships that develop between individual workers and the communities and nations to which they belong. This will then inform our analysis of how Bitcoin matches God’s will for equity in trade.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 “and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you.” - Christians can and should pursue a business endeavor that provides for physical needs and uses their gifts - by necessity, this will require trading with others who are doing the same.
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Is private property a Biblical concept? How does our sovereignty relate to God's Sovereignty? What is Secondary Sovereignty?
The focus of Episode 3 will be on the interrelated concepts of private property, ownership, and sovereignty. Simon, David, and Will mine God's Word to discern God’s will with regard to whether individuals have private ownership rights over property and from where these rights arise. Bitcoin is often described as “the apex property right” or the “first sovereign digital property” that individuals can own. Thus, we must seek wisdom from God as to whether this concept flows from the mind of God and is derivable from His Word - the Bible.
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In the first episode of Season 2 Back to the Bible, Simon, David, and Will take up a careful journey through God’s Word to refine our Biblical worldview with regard to money and then repeatedly answer two questions
This episode begins with a focus on the portion of Scripture from Genesis 1-2 which is known as the pre-Fall period, the time before sin and death entered the world. God’s work to create the world in six days and to establish Adam and Eve as caretakers of his creation affects our understanding of how God views work and money.
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