James A Lewis

The Theology of Bailey Building and Loan Why It’s a Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas movie of all time! Like all good Christmas movies, it’s actually about Advent and preparing ourselves for the change that Christ brings to the world. It’s a Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas movie of all time because it demonstrates the difference Christ makes in issuing His second greatest commandment. This film demonstrates a world that would be dominated by the love of money over the love of neighbor. Pottersville is a real possibility if good men choose to not act. https://youtu.be/NRmv6eu1Bag

If trade and labor are supposed to be charity, money given in exchange is a token of thanks. Monetary exchange is, in essence, a declaration that someone did good toward oneself. In a real sense, it makes the "what" money is into information, yet it requires anchor in reality. A proposed definition: token of thanks, abstracted trade, and evidence of goodwill Another popular definition: medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value I would love to hear your thoughts! https://youtu.be/5PUiBXp2NIg

Trade & labor are willing the good of neighbor, but what's that? https://youtu.be/04bHgLnt7b8 It all boils down to Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Each service we render and good we deliver result in some increase in goodness, truth, and beauty in or for the other. This can become our aim, and we can then better fulfill that purpose to which God has called us as professionals. PS: Nothing lacking beauty can be called good. Nothing untrue can be truly beautiful. Nothing without goodness is true. Goodness makes a thing more beautiful. Truth makes a thing better. Beauty makes a thing more true.

https://youtu.be/HnHrNpwMnTs Loving an enemy of this kind means to will his highest good, and that is to do our best to ensure he achieves the beatific vision, and this requires his repentance. This does not mean we preserve his mortal life but use this opportunity to bring about the deepest contrition possible. For this circumstance, what would elicit contrite repentance more than an impending end of life? Anyone who cowers at the suggestion is not brave. Courage and solemn justice are difficult virtues when a man has unjustly taken the life of an innocent, and I do not envy the responsibility of the agent of the state, but it must be done.

This merits much discussion. https://youtu.be/vDBFkFuwn0U

Nearly All Wars for 150 Year Were Fought for THIS Reason https://youtu.be/Q0A8nyz-2CI After over a century of fighting, we are hardly any closer to unanimously saying people can just keep their stuff and help out each other. The reason is because people don't know trade and labor are for love of neighbor. #theologyofcommerce #mutualprofit #business #personalproperty #propertyrights #bitcoinfixesthis (nearly) #podcast

Charlie Kirk, Trump, Aaron Danielson, children attending mass before school, young women on busses. It's getting worse and quickly. The media oligarchs, activist judges, and legislators of ill will are complicit. We are quickly approaching a hot civil war, and it is currently one-sided. Was that the shot heard around the world?

Pray for Charlie Kirk.

I legitimately have this on repeat nostr:nevent1qqs0cg4thlq4n0757k3shk8yrsaz9akd9wchex7fqln6aar95wchp7qpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsf5jkdawtc2e0zwjgdefjus05lv469atkpmxsyqkjj6xvvzjyezwcrqsqqqqqpj9s8aj

https://youtu.be/DL1lnwaff8k So good!

I am of a really strong 'Twenty Øne Pilots' kick and thoroughly enjoying it Where are my fellow TØP fans? https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPRGtCKpQcAN-S9djP0uQnW43beVagM2c&si=7ICpmbTfgLICKzmT #twentyonepilots #music

https://theologyofcommerce.com/blog/article/on-labor-trade-a-sacramental/ Getting the ball rolling on my rebrand has been slow going, but I finally have my thesis hosted at the new domain.

Make stuff with your kids! This was more educational than days or possibly weeks of "normal" school. Procedure, importance of planning, following directions (we had to scrap one part), and seeing a small project go from ideation to planning to production and to final product. Honestly, the fact that he made a mistake on a part was highly beneficial, especially when he saw the purpose later on of the feature he cut off. This tab confused him at first as he made his cuts, and so he didn't keep them, but he later saw their purpose. #education #homeschooling #mechanicalengineering #engineering

Best website for purchasing PC hardware in the US? #askNostr I've used NewEgg, mostly, but I'm a habitual brand disloyalist. I make them earn my loyalty.

Does a private video chat app exist for Nostr, yet?

https://youtube.com/shorts/tTjA_6HNPQA This mind disease is viral and deadly. It's the real pandemic. It's infecting way more women than people realize. This is because women take on each other's grief and multiply it. It comes from the desire to commiserate and comfort, which are good and healthy feminine motivations, but it gets perverted by social media. I'm seeing a lot more of this sort of thing going around, and I want to warn you all of it.

The wife is making this today 🤤

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