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I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of this video, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).
DISCLAIMER
I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of this video, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).
THE EGYPTIANS FORCED THE JEWS TO BUILD PYRAMIDS
Now it happened that the Egyptians grew delicate and lazy, as to pains-taking; and gave themselves up to other pleasures, and in particular to the love of gain. They also became very ill affected towards the Hebrews, as touched with envy at their prosperity. For when they saw how the nation of the Israelites flourished, and were become eminent already in plenty of wealth, which they had acquired by their virtue, and natural love of labour, they thought their increase was to their own detriment. And having in length of time forgotten the benefits they had received from Joseph; particularly the crown being now come into another family; they became very abusive to the Israelites; and contrived many ways of afflicting them: for they enjoined them to cut a great number of channels for the river, and to build walls for their cities, and ramparts, that they might restrain the river, and hinder its waters from stagnating, upon its running over its own banks: they set them also to build pyramids: (22) and by all this wore them out, and forced them to learn all sorts of mechanical arts, and to accustom themselves to hard labour. And four hundred years did they spend under these afflictions: for they strove one against the other which should get the mastery. The Egyptians desiring to destroy the Israelites by these labours; and the Israelites desiring to hold out to the end under them.
–Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 2.9.1
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(22) Of this building of the pyramids of Egypt by the Israelites, see Perizonius Orig. Ægyptiæ, c. 21. ’Tis not impossible they might build one or more of the small ones: but the larger ones seem much later. See my Chronological Table; and Authent. Rec. Pt. II. pag. 885, 886, 887. Only if they be all built of stone, this does not so well agree with the Israelites labours, which are said to have been in brick, and not in stone: as Mr. Sandys observes in his Travels, pag. 127, 128. [Sandys saw and describes only the three great pyramids. There are of course pyramids of brick as well.]
DISCLAIMER
I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of this video, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).
DISCLAIMER
I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of chapter 5, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).
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see All About Dividend Investing (2nd ed.) by Don Schreiber
The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things. –Acts 23:8
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?” –John 3:10
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If you’re a seeker and are struggling with honest skepticism about apparent Bible contradictions, then buy Norman Geisler’s When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties (Baker, 1992), and the bibliography in the back: “Select Books on Bible Difficulties.” Other good ones would be Gleason Archer’s New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties (Zondervan, 1982) and John Haley’s Alleged Errors of the Bible (Whitaker, 1874, 1992). One of the things that atheists say is that these books rely on the “copyist error” explanation, for a lot of the difficulties in the Bible, and that this is an act of “subterfuge,” or deceit in order to achieve one’s goal. But I think it’s unfair to assume that Bible-believers are just being deceitful to defend the Bible. If this is the sort of position one is going to take, then first, it must mean the atheist was abused by a Bible-believer and has simply made the decision that all Bible-believers are abusive and thus deceitful; and two, that Bible-believers are incapable of giving intellectual replies to the abundance of alleged Bible contradictions raised by unbelievers. So, the atheist has already made his mind up, that all Bible-believers are deceitful and incompetent, and on these grounds alone, are not qualified to receive a hearing when trying to address any of the Bible difficulties that people bring up.
I personally believe that Ken Ham’s view of “young earth creationism” is what the Bible plainly says about creation and origins. If you’re honestly seeking answers about this, then buy Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design edited by Stanley Gundry. There’s also tons of free, intellectually rigorous creationist material available on creation.com.
Books against mainline liberalism would be J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism and Roger Olson’s Against Liberal Theology.
Books against easy believism would be John MacArthur’s The Gospel According to Jesus, my book The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mark Jones’ Antinomianism, John Fletcher’s Checks to Antinomianism, abridged by Peter Wiseman (Beacon Hill Press, 1948), and Four Views on Law and Gospel edited by Stanley Gundry (everything but the dispensationalist view is worth a look).
Books that encourage Christian paranormalism would be Augustin Poulain’s The Graces of Interior Prayer, Arthur Devine’s Manual of Mystical Theology, Joan Carroll Cruz’s Mysteries Marvels Miracles, Thomas Boys’ The Suppressed Evidence, Daniel Jennings’ The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley, and my ebook How to Experience God.
DISCLAIMER
I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of chapter 5, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).
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The hand of the diligent* maketh rich. –Proverbs 10:4 (KJV)
* Passive participle of H2782; properly incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager: – decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
CORRECTION: Once you get to the point where you can invest $30,000 a year in BHP or RIO as a high dividend stock, then you will need to call Charles Schwab and ask them to help you set up an SEP IRA, because the annual deposit limit for a Roth IRA is currently capped at $6,000 a year. An SEP IRA would also require you to be self-employed, but establishing a home-based business is really the best way to have enough paychecks to invest. I’d say three paychecks for a married couple (see Proverbs 31). See the Secrets of Successful Self-Employment by Paul and Sarah Edwards.
CORRECTION: I’m going with Petrobras (PBR) as my dividend stock of choice, but I’m willing to accept the risk, when I look over all the factors, and my current financial situation. Each person needs to look at their own financial situation, and how old they are, when they are shopping for dividend stocks. But usually, I would still say that BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto (RIO), and Gerdau (GGB) are great dividend stocks as well. As a general rule, I’d say that any “blue chip” stock should either be on the S&P 500, the Fortune 500, or the Fortune Global 500. I’d also follow Solomon’s example and try to mainly invest in the mining and petroleum industries (Eccl. 11:1-2; 2 Chron. 8:18; Josephus, Ant. 8.5).
UPDATE (11/24): If you hold Petrobras (PBR) for 10 years, then it’s a “fivebagger,” which means that the dividends will yield a return five times the amount deposited! (Luke 19:18). PBR passes muster as a BRI investment on inspireinsight.com. However, if you hold Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) for 10 years, then it’s what Peter Lynch called a “tenbagger” in his book One Up on Wall Street (p. 15). Jesus said this is the best possible kind of investment you could have! (Luke 19:16). It hasn’t currently received an Inspire Insight Score, but I’ve requested that they give it their BRI grade. If they never get around to it, then I would advise investing mainly in ZIM as the income-producing father of all your savings and investments; and using Google to read articles about ESG and BRI issues regarding their company. An investment opportunity like that is too lucrative to ignore! The only difference between Lynch’s definition of a tenbagger and Jesus’ tenfold return in Luke 19:16, is the time length. Lynch is looking at a ten year time frame and Jesus is probably looking at a one month time frame. The only investment that would produce a tenfold return (1,000% ROI) in a month, in either the first century or our time, would be a careful “venture capital” investment in a new company like Mark Cuban does on Shark Tank.
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