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About Benj

I’m a native North Jerseyan, transplanted to Pennsylvania...lived and taught in Eastern Europe for six years…Old Testament professor, author, minister, musician, liturgist…husband to Corrie…father to Daniel and Elizabeth.

Jeremiah 17:1-4

Posted on 1 August 2008 by Benj

“The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars, As they remember their children, So they remember their … Continue reading →

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Environmentalism

Posted on 31 July 2008 by Benj

Walter Williams has an excellent column this week about the ways in which the environmental movement affects politics. I care about the environment–no one wants to live with dirty air and polluted water.  But there are always costs to environmental … Continue reading →

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Jer. 16:1-15

Posted on 30 July 2008 by Benj

On Jeremiah 16:1-15, Keil writes, “Yet we must not fail to be sure that the prospect held out of a future deliverance of Israel from the lands into which it is soon to be scattered, and of its restoration again to … Continue reading →

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Reader, Econ. Econ, meet Reader.

Posted on 30 July 2008 by Benj

Why do I love economics so much?  Economics is the study of human choices, not just financial decisions, but the cost-benefit analyses that go on in your mind every second of every day.  You are choosing to read this meandering muse, … Continue reading →

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Biblical Economics

Posted on 30 July 2008 by Benj

As we seek a biblical model of economics, we must first examine what is perhaps the most basic idea in economics: the tension between scarcity and insatiability. Scarcity is simply the truth that all physical resources are finite. Insatiability is … Continue reading →

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