In 1545, the reformer, John Calvin, broke with the Christian tradition of not charging interest. He thought 5% was about right.
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January 19, 2013
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Lectionary Posts
- Matthew 18: 15-20
- Matthew 16: 21-28
- Matthew 16: 13-20
- Matthew 15: 1-28
- Matthew 14: 22-33
- Matthew 14: 13-21
- Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
- Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43
- Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23
- Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30
- Matthew 10: 40-42
- Matthew 10: 24-39
- Matthew 9:35 - 10:8
- Matthew 18: 16-20
- John 20: 19-23
- John 17: 1-11
- John 14: 15-21
- John 14: 1-14
- John 10: 1-10
- Luke 24: 13-35
- John 20: 19-31
- Matthew 28: 1-10
- Matthew 21: 1-11
- John 11: 1-45
- John 9: 1-41
- John 4: 5-42
- John 3: 1-17
- Matthew 4: 1-11
- Matthew 17: 1-9
- Matthew 5: 21-37
- Matthew 5: 13-20
- Matthew 5: 1-12
- Matthew 4: 12-23
- John 1: 29-42
- Matthew 3: 13-17
- John 1: 1-18
- Matthew 2: 13-23
- Luke 2: 1-20
- Matthew 1: 18-25
- Matthew 11: 2-11
- Matthew 24: 36-44
- Luke 23: 33-43
- Luke 21: 5-19
- Luke 20: 27-38
- Luke 6: 20-31
- Luke 18: 9-14
- John 8: 31-36
- Luke 18: 1-8
- Luke 17: 11-19
- Luke 17: 5-10
- Luke 16: 19-31
- Luke 16: 1-13
- Luke 15: 1-10
- Luke 14: 25-33
- Luke 14: 1, 7-14
- Luke 13: 10-17
- Luke 12: 49-56
- Luke 12: 32-40
- Luke 12: 13-21
- Luke 11: 1-13
- Luke 10: 38-42
- Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20
- Luke 9: 51-62
- Luke 8: 26-39
- John 16: 12-15
- John 14: 8-17, 25-27
- John 17: 20-26
- John 14: 23-29
- John 13: 31-35
- John 10: 22-30
- John 21: 1-19
- John 20: 19-31
- Luke 24: 1-12
- Luke 19: 28-40
- John 12: 1-8
- Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
- Luke 13: 1-9
- Luke 13: 31-35
- Luke 4: 1-13
- Luke 9: 28-36
- Luke 6: 17-26
- Luke 5: 1-11
- Luke 4: 21-30
- Luke 4: 14-21
- John 2: 1-11
- Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22
- Matthew 2: 1-12
- Luke 2: 41-52
- Luke 2: 1-20
- Luke 1: 39-55
- Luke 3: 7-18
- Luke 3: 1-6
- Luke 21: 25-36
- John 18: 33-37
- Mark 13: 1-8
- Mark 12: 38-44
- John 11: 32-44
- John 8: 31-36
- Mark 10: 35-45
- Mark 10: 17-31
- Mark 10: 2-16
- Mark 9: 38-50
- Mark 9: 30-37
- Mark 8: 27-38
- Mark 7: 24-37
- Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23
- John 6: 56-69
- John 6: 51-59
- John 6: 35, 41-51
- John 6: 24-35
- John 6: 1-21
- Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56
- Mark 6: 14-29
- Mark 6: 1-13
- Mark 5: 21-43
- Mark 4: 35-41
- Mark 4: 26-34
- Mark 3: 20-35
- John 3: 1-17
- John 15: 26-27, 16: 4b-15
- John 17: 6-19
- John 15: 9-17
- John 15: 1-8
- John 10: 11-18
- Luke 24: 36-48
- John 20: 19-31
- Mark 16: 1-8
- Mark 11: 1-11
- John 3: 14-21
- Mark 8: 31-38
- Mark 1: 9-15
- Mark 1: 29-39
- Mark 1: 21-28
- John 1: 43-51
- Mark 1: 4-11
- Luke 2: 22-40
- Luke 1: 26-38
- John 1: 6-8, 19-28
- John 1: 35-42
- Matthew 25: 31-46
- Matthew 25: 14-30
- Matthew 25: 1-13
- Matthew 5: 1-12
- John 8: 31-36
- Matthew 22: 15-22
- Matthew 22: 1-14
- Matthew 21: 33-46
- Matthew 21: 33-46
- Matthew 21: 23-32
- Matthew 20: 1-16
- Matthew 18: 21-35
- Matthew 18: 15-20
- Matthew 16: 21-28
- Matthew 16: 13-20
- Matthew 15: 1-28
- Matthew 14: 22-33
- Matthew 14: 13-21
- Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
- Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43
- Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23
Key Posts
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- Top 10 reasons inerrancy makes no sense
- Why "millennials" should become mainline protestants
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- The "Swede Church" of Trego County Kansas
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- "Free catholicism": the Christianity of the future
- Who was Mark?
- Grace as bottom line
- Ten reasons literalism makes no sense
- Why I am a "free catholic"
- Stanley Kubrick meets the Book of Job: a short review of "The Tree of Life"
- Remembering Fr. Fahlman
- Why I am a Bach Lutheran
- Why most evangelism is counter-productive
- How Herod got his groove back
- Mainline decline
- The hope still lives
- The Catholic Church should end celibacy and start ordaining women
- "God is; God is as he is in Jesus; therefore, we have hope."
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