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Pastor Mark Driscoll says you can't be a Bible-believing Christian and a socialist, and that "thou shalt not steal" settles the question.
This week, we take that argument apart: what the Ten Commandments actually presuppose, what the eighth-century prophets had to say about creditors and land consolidation, and why the economics of the New Testament look nothing like Driscoll's. Ancient Israel and Judah weren't running a capitalist economy or a socialist one, but the text has a great deal to say about who gets protected and who gets ground down.
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome and Twisted Scripture
0:48 Who Is Mark Driscoll?
1:46 The Claim: No Christian Socialists
2:52 Does Ownership Prove Capitalism?
3:31 What Socialism Actually Means
5:16 Fire Departments and Safety Nets
5:55 Ancient Economies, Modern Categories
6:53 The Generational Wealth Argument
9:28 Sell What You Own
10:07 Prophets Against Predatory Lending
11:44 Writing From Outside of Power
13:10 The Ten Commandments Problem
15:04 The Eighth Century Debt Crisis
17:23 Jubilee, Gleanings, and Deuteronomy
19:25 "Taxation Is Theft"
20:50 Acts 4 and 5: Communalism
21:31 Individual Charity vs Government
24:00 Render Unto Caesar
25:30 Why Churches Aren't Enough
27:31 Wealth for Everybody
28:11 Wrap-Up
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #MarkDriscoll #BiblicalEconomics #TenCommandments
Pastor Mark Driscoll says you can't be a Bible-believing Christian and a socialist, and that "thou shalt not steal" settles the question.
This week, we take that argument apart: what the Ten Commandments actually presuppose, what the eighth-century prophets had to say about creditors and land consolidation, and why the economics of the New Testament look nothing like Driscoll's. Ancient Israel and Judah weren't running a capitalist economy or a socialist one, but the text has a great deal to say about who gets protected and who gets ground down.
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Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store:
data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com
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Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron:
patreon.com/DataOverDogma
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Listen to the podcast on every app:
pod.link/1681418502
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Follow us:
Instagram — instagram.com/dataoverdogmapod
TikTok — tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod
Threads — threads.com/@dataoverdogmapod
X — https://x.com/data_over_dogma
Facebook — facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod
_______________________________________________
Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So:
static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466
_______________________________________________
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome and Twisted Scripture
0:48 Who Is Mark Driscoll?
1:46 The Claim: No Christian Socialists
2:52 Does Ownership Prove Capitalism?
3:31 What Socialism Actually Means
5:16 Fire Departments and Safety Nets
5:55 Ancient Economies, Modern Categories
6:53 The Generational Wealth Argument
9:28 Sell What You Own
10:07 Prophets Against Predatory Lending
11:44 Writing From Outside of Power
13:10 The Ten Commandments Problem
15:04 The Eighth Century Debt Crisis
17:23 Jubilee, Gleanings, and Deuteronomy
19:25 "Taxation Is Theft"
20:50 Acts 4 and 5: Communalism
21:31 Individual Charity vs Government
24:00 Render Unto Caesar
25:30 Why Churches Aren't Enough
27:31 Wealth for Everybody
28:11 Wrap-Up
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #MarkDriscoll #BiblicalEconomics #TenCommandments
