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This book is intended to be about the war waged by New York Community activists who created healthy urban growth. It is not about Trump. His hope is that communities around the country can learn from his experience and work to plan healthy, vibrant, sustainable communities – one building, one street, town, and city at a time.”Turf War goes beyond the national headlines to reveal the strategies, personalities, politics, and economics that led to a redefined proposal. Television City would have occupied the largest piece of privately owned undeveloped land in Manhattan, the abandoned Penn Central Railyard.This book encourages developers to Design alternative plans that promote healthy, safe, and sustainable places. https://www.amazon.com/Turf-War-Activists-Donald-Masterpiece/dp/1665763531http://www.yourlotandparcel.org

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Interview with Rudi P. Fronk, Chairman & CEO of Seabridge Gold Inc.Recording date: 16th December 2024Seabridge Gold (NYSE:SA, TSX:SEA) is advancing KSM, the world's largest undeveloped gold-copper project, located in British Columbia. After investing over $1 billion and 20 years of development work, the company has secured key permits and indigenous support, positioning KSM for its next phase of growth.The project's 2022 prefeasibility study demonstrates impressive economics, with a planned 33-year mine life producing over 1 million ounces of gold and 178 million pounds of copper annually. The projected all-in sustaining cost of $600/oz gold (after copper credits) sits well below the industry average of $1,500/oz. With 47.3 million ounces of gold and 7.3 billion pounds of copper in reserves, KSM represents a strategic asset in the global energy transition.In July 2024, Seabridge achieved a crucial milestone by securing "substantially started" status for KSM, completing a major de-risking step. The company has engaged RBC Capital Markets to secure a joint venture partner, with discussions ongoing with major mining companies capable of developing a project of KSM's scale.Seabridge's proposed joint venture structure involves a two-phase approach: potential partners would first fund a bankable feasibility study to earn a minority interest, followed by an option to increase to a majority stake by funding construction. This structure aims to protect shareholder value while securing necessary development capital.Beyond KSM, Seabridge's portfolio includes the Courageous Lake project in Northwest Territories, hosting 11 million ounces of indicated gold resources. A 2024 PFS outlined a 12-year mine producing 200,000 ounces annually at $1,000/oz all-in costs. The company is also advancing the Iskut project in BC's Golden Triangle, which shows potential to become another significant gold-copper deposit.Under CEO Rudi Fronk's leadership, Seabridge has maintained a disciplined approach to capital allocation, with only 92 million shares outstanding despite extensive development work. Management's alignment with shareholders is demonstrated by significant insider ownership exceeding 20%.The company is well-positioned to benefit from favorable gold market dynamics, with gold reaching all-time highs in 2024. While central bank demand remains strong, Fronk notes the absence of Western investors in gold equities presents a significant opportunity for re-rating as these investors return to the sector. With gold mining stocks trading at multi-decade lows relative to bullion prices, Seabridge offers investors exposure to a world-class asset portfolio in an improving market environment.View Seabridge Gold's company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/seabridge-gold-incSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

With China's new export restrictions and the US' growing defense requirements, this company is positioned to potentially restore domestic tungsten production in the US within 3 years.In this interview, Guardian Metal Resources (LON: GMET | OTCQX: GMTLF) CEO & Executive Director Oliver Friesen discusses the company's control of Pilot Mountain, the largest undeveloped tungsten deposit in the United States. The project boasts a resource of 12.53 million tons, with recent drilling revealing promising grades. Beyond defense applications, tungsten's unique properties make it essential for nuclear fusion and advanced technologies.As the only public US-focused tungsten company, Guardian Metal Resources aims to secure US supply chain independence in this critical $4 billion global market. Learn more about our mission to revitalize domestic tungsten production: https://www.guardianmetalresources.com/Watch the full YouTube interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdEDWVeV3AwAnd follow us to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalOneMedia?sub_confirmation=1

On Episode 428 we discuss...→ Just how lonely Aunt Muriel is→ The last time everyone is together→ Undeveloped romances→ All the Johns out there→ parasocial relationships→ the DSM has nothing on Dumbledore→ Harry & GinnyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

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2/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Parker%20-%20Renewables%20on%20Reservations_August%5B1%5D.pdf 1886 NWT

1/2: /#ENERGY: The undeveloped renewable land use on Native Reservations & What is to be done?. Nick Parker, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Parker%20-%20Renewables%20on%20Reservations_August%5B1%5D.pdf undated Blackfoot

Note: Monthly FET subscription prices are rising for new subscribers. This is intentionally to make an annual subscription much more attractive. Current monthly paid FET subscribers are unaffected and will always keep their original price. Yearly prices remain unchanged. I hope you find it in you to support my efforts here to raise the quality of our economic conversation with an annual subscription (it might even be tax deductible for you!)Markets are good at making trade-offs.Even if everyone in the market is irrational, the constraints of the system—of money balances and property rights—often lead to acceptable and favourable trade-offs. I explained that logic in more detail here.Markets also encourage innovation because new technology can break down old trade-offs by getting more output (in terms of its value to others in the economy) per input. The market in real estate is no different. This market efficiently uses high-value locations for high-value uses. This means people with a low value for a location will be excluded from that location. It is the same in other markets. Those who place a low value on luxury goods won't buy them. You might claim this is often because of unequal wealth and income. And you would be right. Some people don't like the inevitable inequalities in market outcomes, and they often search for market failures to explain it, especially in real estate markets (as I document in this academic article).Today's topic is not inequality. The topic today is the forgotten temporal dimension of the trade-off that participants make in all markets. As well as allocating products to who values them most, markets allocate across time to when new products are valued most. In other words, markets will efficiently delay or bring forward production decisions across time.For example, Toyota is bringing its new Prado model to Australia this year. But it isn't pricing them to maximise its 2024 profits only, even though the market for four-wheel-drives in Australia is very competitive and lower pricing could greatly increase 2024 sales. Toyota is pricing in a way that it expects will maximise not just its 2024 profit (quantity of sales in 2024 times the margin per vehicle) but the present value of its flow of profits in 2024, 2025, and beyond. Toyota will bring forward sales with lower prices only if it increases the total present value of production profits by more than it gives up in future sales at higher prices.All firms are forward-looking and consider the effect of their choice of production rate and pricing on their future profitability—not just this year's, this month's or this week's profit. Back in 1931, a popular concern was that markets would use up natural resources like coal, minerals and oil, too quickly. Were markets just wasting these resources? Harold Hotelling pondered that question and explained how (like Eric Crampton explained more recently) markets won't inefficiently use up resources too quickly. They trade off extracting more resources now with extracting more later. Unfortunately, most economic analysis mostly assumes away the intertemporal trade-off, and this can lead to major errors in reasoning and interpretation of evidence. This intertemporal trade-off in real estate means that most feasible housing development projects are delayed into the future, even when prices or rents appear to be high and projects are profitable today. As I noted earlier, some people don't like this inevitable market outcome, so they search for market failures to explain it. But it's not a failure. We want markets to efficiently delay building homes, don't we?Why isn't this well-known?I admit that it took me a while to notice intertemporal trade-offs and fully recognise their significance. That's probably because most economic analysis at best consists of assuming away time altogether, simplifying to a short-run (single static period) and a long-run (some other single static period) with no way of bridging the two.Because economists are trained this way, it leads to a blind spot across the discipline when it comes to timing decisions. On X, I was surprised to see that a seemingly innocuous post below garnered over six million views in a few days. It simply asked why landowners in private markets would build so quickly that prices fell. Which is a very good question!The thousands of replies almost unanimously explained most smugly the crossed swords of supply and demand from Economics 101 that they learnt, forgetting that this simplified model assumes away the time dimension. The replies showed complete ignorance of the dynamics of housing supply and price effects from supply today on profits tomorrow— a hot topic of study in the academic literature with many researchers trying hard to understand it. People for some reason don't believe me. They want settled science—preferably ECON101.So today's article is a deep dive into the forgotten economics of inter-temporal market trade-offs when it comes to housing production. It takes you far beyond ECON101 and to the cutting edge of knowledge about when and why homes are built.Let's start with a quote from urban economist Alvin Murphy, who noted in a working paper version of his 2018 paper entitled A Dynamic Model of Housing Supply that:A static model would predict that a parcel owner would build the first time it becomes profitable, whereas the dynamic model allows a parcel owner to delay building (even when profitable) in order to attain higher profits at a future date. [p15]That line didn't make it into the final version of the article, which in typical economics fashion was published eight years later, but that version makes the same point clearly in its opening sections.In the model, landowners choose both the optimal timing of and the optimal size of construction. These owners take into account current profits and expectations about future profits, balancing expected future prices against expected future costs. Analyzing these decisions with a dynamic framework allows one to meaningfully separate the effects of current profits on supply from the effects of expected future profits on supply, which is the key mechanism through which forward-looking behavior reduces the housing supply elasticity.Here's moreForward-looking behavior substantially reduces the responsiveness of landowners to current price changes. This reduction occurs because rising prices make building today more attractive, but also signal higher future prices, making waiting more attractive, thus reducing the responsiveness to current price. Interestingly, this forward-looking behavior suppresses the responsiveness to current price by a much greater extent during boom periods with rapidly rising land and house prices.That forward-looking behaviour considers the returns given up on the assets required to develop new homes (the cash to pay for construction and the land asset) for the returns to the new home (net rent and capital gain) after consideration of local price effects from faster development. A simple demonstrationThe tools most relevant for understanding intertemporal trade-offs come from a field of economics known as real options, which analyses timing choices of irreversible capital investment—clearly relevant for understanding housing production. The logic of real options and the intertemporal trade-off means that for new housing, two conditions must hold to make it worthwhile to build a dwelling today rather than tomorrow (though not really today or tomorrow, it could be this year instead of many years in that future or any other trade-off between some future period and the present). These are:* The market value of a dwelling must equal the development cost plus the value of the land (which itself gets a value because it is a financial derivative—an option). In the lingo of real options analysis, this is called the value matching condition.* The total return to the developed home must equal the total return to the assets swapped for it. In the lingo of real options analysis, this is called the smooth pasting condition.The first of these is a bit tricky to understand if you have in mind that the price of goods comes from the summation of input costs, but the second is more important for dynamics and I think it is quite straightforward to grasp.Value matchingIt seems intuitive that new homes only get built if the market price of what is built is as high as the market price of the land plus the development cost. Where property markets differ from many other markets is that homes need places to put them, and those property rights to places, or land, have a value because of their potential ability to generate future returns. Land gets its value like any other financial derivative. So the important thing to understand is that there are market constraints on being able to buy land cheaply, then build homes, and make abnormal profits (i.e. profits that more than compensate for the risk involved in that process).The reason is that every potential land seller also has the option to build homes themselves and take that risk and make a profit. They can arbitrage the value themselves. So the sale price of developable land, at a minimum, will be the residual of the market price of developed housing, minus development cost (which includes a margin for the risks involved in actual construction and sale). The diagram below shows on the left the market price of a completed housing project. The next part of the diagram has the land value (yellow) as the residual of market price minus development cost (blue) at the value-matching equilibrium condition where development today is the highest value option for the land. Let's make this example more concrete. Imagine that a home is worth $1 million (for the sake of round numbers). By definition, if the home costs $500,000 in construction and development costs (including a risk margin), which is the blue bar, then the land is worth a minimum of $500,000, which is the yellow bar. The sum of these inputs equals the market price, but only because the land value is caused by the market price of the home minus the development cost.The value matching condition says that this must hold for the marginal project that will be built today rather than delayed until tomorrow. But what is commonly misunderstood is that a land value of housing price minus development cost is the minimum amount that land will be worth for a development site.It might be the case that at a particular location for a particular lot, buyers are willing to pay $600,000 for the lot, even though construction and development costs (including a risk margin) are $500,000 and homes are only worth $1 million. The land is valued more highly than the residual for the best choice project today because the land owner has the option to instead build a different project later that might be even more valuable.The next columns in our diagram show this common situation where there is a delay premium in the market value of land. That extra value of land above the residual value, if developed today, is an option premium. This premium is the value the owners (buyers and sellers) of land derive from being able to choose when to develop and potentially build something bigger, better, and more profitable in the future on that site. In this case, landowners think there are more gains from waiting.So we have seen how land values can be above the residual of today's housing price minus development cost because of an option premium. But why is the value matching condition a minimum land value for a site with development potential?The far right of our diagram shows a hypothetical situation where the market value of land is lower than this residual value matching condition. The trick to understanding why this situation cannot happen is because it requires land sellers to leave money on the table—after all, they have the option to develop or delay if they want to. It can't be the case that land is available to buy in the market for $400,000 if homes that cost $500,000 to build (including a margin for risk) are selling for $1 million. Sellers are giving up $100,000 if they sell the land rather than building a home and selling it themselves. So they won't accept a lower price. In asset markets, the concept of “price is above cost” doesn't work. How does that apply to shares (stocks) in BHP or Apple? How can the price of those shares be above their cost? The price is the cost. The same applies to land.It is a common mistake to think that land can be purchased at a price that represents its value only if the current use is allowed. People say things like “Only zoning is stopping developers from buying land at agricultural prices and building homes”. That's not how land markets work. If you are allowed to build homes, no property owner will sell the land for the agricultural price, and you will be competing with other buyers willing to pay at least the residual value of the price of development today minus the cost.So to wrap up, the value matching condition means that for the marginal site that could be built today (with the lowest value to delay), its value is equal to the residual of the market price minus the development cost. For other non-marginal development sites, the land value is above this residual of today's market price for homes minus development cost. But even if this value matching condition holds, it is not enough to justify new housing production today. The second condition must hold too. Smooth pastingBuilding a new home is an asset swap of cash and land for housing. That swap will only occur if the expected rate of return is higher for the purchased asset than the asset given up to get it. Not only do the sum of values of the land and cash (for development costs) assets given up to build a housing asset have to match (the value matching condition), but so do the rates of return on the assets given up have to match the rate of return on the new housing asset. The rate of return between building a home and not building will be equal in an inter-temporal market equilibrium.The diagram below shows this second equilibrium condition, known as the smooth pasting condition (or sometimes it is called rate of return equalisation). The left in red shows the total return from one period to the next for developed housing, represented as the rate of change in total value (including net rents and capital gains). So if the $1 million home in our hypothetical example makes $60,000 in capital gains and net rental income, then that's a 6% total return— the value of that asset in a year's time is $1.06 million.The next part of the diagram shows the return to waiting from the gains in value to the land (yellow) and the return on cash needed for construction (blue). Here, we have a case where the capital gains to holding developable land are 6% and the interest rate on cash is 6% too. In this situation, the rate of return from waiting is equal to the rate of return from building. If you had $1 million in a home your assets would be worth $1.06 million next year, and if you had $1 million in cash and undeveloped land, then your assets would be $1.06 million in a year's time as well. On the right of the diagram is the situation where the rate of return from waiting is higher than from having a home. Say the interest on cash is 7% and the value of developable land is growing at 8%. In this situation, you give up $1 million of cash and land assets making $75,000 in total returns to get a $1 million house asset earning $60,000 in returns. You will be better off in this case by waiting instead. People always forget the smooth pasting condition that must apply in a housing production equilibrium. Back to the rate of home production (i.e. supply)Let's check in. We have two dynamic equilibrium conditions that must hold in a housing production market equilibrium. These conditions help explain why most feasible sites for housing remain undeveloped — the market is trading these homes into the future, efficiently delaying them until they are produced at the most valuable time. If the rate of return to waiting to build a home is higher than from building it now, then markets are efficiently delaying housing production. But how do we know how many homes are built each period? Where does that rate of housing production come from? There must be a flow of new housing per period that sustains these equilibrium conditions. We need to think about this carefully. And to be clear, we are now approaching the end of our collective knowledge about what determines the rate of housing production. There are many possible trades of assets in housing markets. For example, you can trade cash directly for homes, as well as trading cash for construction and combining that with a land asset to get a home. You can also “cash out” land and get its value as cash by selling rather than building homes. The available trades are shown below. In each of these asset swap markets, equilibrium forces dictate the rate of trading, which depends on the relative returns to each asset. The diagram also helps us understand why construction cycles tend to track house price cycles. If you have cash and want to get the return from homes instead, the two ways to get that return are to buy homes or build them. So more of both happen together. Another point to note is that building homes is irreversible. The arrows of this asset swap are shown pointing one way only. You can of course physically go back from a lot with a dwelling to a vacant lot by spending on demolition, but this generally won't make economic sense (though there are extreme scenarios where it does). So the production of new homes represents the willingness of current owners of land to convert that land asset to a housing asset. This is the idea behind a phrase I like: “Supply starts when speculation ends.” Building new homes is the act of giving up an undeveloped land asset for cash or a dwelling.Here's how I am trying to extend our thinking on how the rate of production fits in this market system of asset trades. First, I take as an assumption that the growth rate in the value of dwellings and undeveloped land is reduced by faster production of homes. More supply, in the form of faster production, reduces prices.Another assumption is that in the absence of demand growth and new production of homes, price growth is zero. This implies that only demand growth (from higher incomes or population) leads to rising prices. Combining these two assumptions creates the following relationship, whereby the rate of growth in housing asset prices is the rate of growth in demand, minus the price effect from the rate of new housing production. Mathematically, a portion of undeveloped land that can be converted into one dwelling, has the price growth ofwhere the first term (rate of price growth) is equal to the rate of demand growth minus the sensitivity of price to the rate of production of new homes, q. To be in an equilibrium, this gain from owning land must be the same as the gain from cash or other asset market investments—otherwise, you could swap land for cash or other assets and get a higher return. This is the exact condition Harold Hotelling identified in his 1931 paper on a theory of exhaustible resources. He noted that even in a market with completely free competition, the price growth of a resource not extracted will track the prevailing rate of return of other assets in the economy. Undeveloped land also has the economic feature that you have one chance to use it up by building before it is exhausted. So if we call the return to cash and other assets, I, and assume that there is an equilibrium with the price growth rate of undeveloped land, then we have:The only equilibrium rate of housing production, q, is one where this condition holds. Therefore:This last equation essentially says that the asset market equilibrium rate of new housing production is a function that increases with the rate of demand growth, decreases with higher interest rates, and decreases with the price sensitivity of the market to faster sales of new homes.This fits with the cycle of housing construction in Australia. REA Group's Cameron Kusher shared this chart recently, showing declining interest rates leading housing construction cycles (though of course demand growth and interest rates are themselves not independent).Other rates of housing production mean that abnormal returns can be had by making certain asset swaps shown in the above diagram. This is the only condition where the gains from waiting equal the gains from producing homes, and the rate of return is equalised across all asset trading margins. But this is very much the edge of knowledge as I said. In fact, an academic paper of mine where I first looked at the question of equilibrium rates of housing production found the opposite relationship with interest rates (more on that paper here). In this setup, where a single landowner optimises their net profit flow, higher interest rates mean a higher cost to waiting (i.e. by holding land instead of cash) and hence a faster optimal rate of supply. How these individual-level and market-level incentives interact, regarding the return to holding other assets (the interest rate), is an unresolved issue at the cutting edge of economic thinking on housing supply. Either (or both) of these approaches may be wrong. Or both incentives may exist, but interact in ways we don't know about. In sumKnowing that markets trade-off production across time, and specific intertemporal conditions required to make housing production worthwhile today, are just the first steps in understanding how taxes and regulations might affect the rate of housing production. How do changes to taxes, monetary policy changes, and regulations on development affect these outcomes? We honestly don't know. The thing is, this type of dynamic optimisation must happen in every market. Toyota's production of Prados will be responsive to demand growth and they may also reprice higher if demand grows quickly, and lower prices if demand is falling. Despite the widespread confidence in our knowledge of housing supply, there is a theoretical black hole here. This post has taken you to the event horizon of knowledge.But I hope by coming this far, you are ahead of 99% of pundits who yell “supply and demand, stupid” to anyone who wants to understand markets better. This is a public episode. 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Send us a Text Message.In this episode I'm joined by Raylea, a first-time mom to baby Ellie,who faced more challenges in her first week of motherhood than many of us can imagine. After a significant weight loss of 12% by day three, the stress began to mount. Ellie's weight loss was compounded by jaundice and a diagnosis that would change Raylea's feeding journey: known as Insufficient Glandular Tissue or underdevelopment of the breast and milk making tissue. What followed were days filled with stressful weigh-ins, supplement calculations, and a host of anxieties. Lucily in the midst of all the challenges—amid the fears, the grief, and the overwhelming responsibility—there was also incredible beauty. Raylea found hope in her sister in law's donated breast milk and was surrounded by supportive midwives who were trained in breastfeeding support. Together, they embarked on a triumphant journey of long-term supply line breastfeeding.For nine months, Raylea nourished her baby with a combination of donor milk, formula, and pure determination. We'll talk about the real struggles—like the anxiety of traveling with formula milk, coping with the endless tubes and cleaning involved in using an supply line feeding device, and the ongoing challenges of dealing with unhealed perineal damage. We'll also get real about the moments Raylea felt like she needed to quit breastfeeding, and the powerful realization that despite it all, she was breastfeeding her baby.Raylea's story is a testament to the strength and resilience of mothers everywhere. Whether you're struggling with low milk supply, navigating the complexities of using formula, or dealing with the emotional toll of feeling like you're not enough—this episode is for you. So grab a cup of tea, find that cozy spot, and get ready to be inspired by Raylea's incredible journey.Get 10% off Katie's courses - use code POD10 at checkout Pregnant or in the first few weeks after birth: The Feeding Couch For health professionals and birth workers: Breastfeeding & Lactation: the fundamentals online course Please support the show! Leave a reviewPatreon or BuyMeACoffee DisclaimerThe information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute medical or legal advice; instead, all information available on this site are for general informational purposes only. The Feeding Couch podcast reserves the right to supplement, change or delete any information at any time.The information and materials on the podcast is provided "as is"; no representations are made that the content is error-free. Whilst we have tried to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information we do not warrant or guarantee the accurateness. The podcast accepts no liability for any loss or damage howsoever arising out of the use or reliance on the content.

Red Dead Redemption is a Western-themed action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Players control John Marston and completes missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story; in the epilogue, players control John's son Jack. Outside of missions, players may freely roam the open world, consisting of the American states New Austin and West Elizabeth—fictionalized versions of the Western United States—and the fictional Mexican state Nuevo Paraíso. Different breeds of horses are the main forms of transportation, each with different attributes. Horses must be tamed in the wild, stolen, or purchased. Players can utilize trains and carriages for quick travel. Undeveloped land features rugged and vast landscapes with occasional travelers, bandits, and wildlife. Urban settlements range from isolated farmhouses to crowded towns.

When we say "wilderness," we aren't necessarily talking about land that was always uninhabited. Today it's the next episode of our new series, How Wild. Then, we learn what Project 2025 says with its immigration policy, and how it is heavily ‘inspired' by California.

Mark Podolsky is the owner of Frontier Properties, a very reputable and successful land investing company, and has been buying and selling land full time since 2001. Mark has completed over 6,000l and deals with an average ROI of over 300% on cash flips, and over 1,000% on the deals he sells on seller carry terms. Additionally, Mark is a published author and hosts a successful podcast titled the art of passive income. Connect with Mark Podolsky: https://www.thelandgeek.com/ Get Mark's Book: Dirt Rich What3Words App Highlights: 3:00 - The Best Undeveloped Land Locations 8:16 - Determining Land Value 15:25 - Current Interest Rate 17:40 - Current Default Rates 19:45 - Getting Started/Finance Options Quote: " I have one mission in life, which is to not just help people solve their money problem but their time problems too."   Recommended Resources: Accredited Investors, you're invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club! If you're a high net worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team.  Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com.  Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast. Learn more about Kevin's investment company and opportunities for Lifetime Cashflow at sunrisecapitalinvestors.com.

The diamond jewelry market outlook is looking bright for Star Diamond Corporation (TSX: DIAM), as sanctions on Russia, a major diamond producer for G7 and EU countries, create a supply shock that Star Diamond and its Fort à la Corne Project in Saskatchewan, Canada can capitalize on.In this interview, President and CEO Ewan Mason talks about the untapped potential of Star Diamond's Fort à la Corne property, the world's largest and most attractive diamond development project. Star Diamond recently acquired full ownership of Fort à la Corne from multinational mining giant Rio Tinto. Backed by Rio Tinto's support in the project, Star Diamond is expected to boost investor confidence.Looking for an ethical company with a late-stage and potentially carbon neutral diamond exploration project? Check out Star Diamond today: https://www.stardiamondcorp.comWatch the full YouTube interview here: https://youtu.be/KLfF-OWXBUMAnd follow us to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalOneMedia?sub_confirmation=1

REVIEW: #ITALY: Conversation with colleague Lorenzo Fiori re the fresh invitation to the undeveloped and untrammeled Southwestern coast of Sardinia, with an offer of three nghts free acommodation for hikers under 35.  More details tonight. 1704 Sardinia

Hosts Jo Firestone & Manolo Moreno play listener-created games with callers!Games played: Pea, P, or Pee submitted by Alexandra Kussow from Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Toddler TV Translator submitted by Rachel Carmichael from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Growing Up Birdult submitted by Jacob McNutt from Nathrop, Colorado with new rules by Reed Spool from Portland, OregonCallers: Melissa from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tiff from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kevin from Naples, Florida; Kirk from Jersey City, New Jersey; Noah from Amherst, Massachusetts; Cameron from North Bay, Ontario, CanadaOutro theme by Bill Ferullo from Brooklyn, New YorkManolo's comic book, Supportive #1, is available at moslo.xyz

Brent Bowers has built an empire in land, and is known as the land shark. Brent explains the headaches he had investing in real estate, and with too many tenant troubles, starting investing in undeveloped land. He has since successfully scaled his business and has had as many as 9 land deals per week! Brent shares the best tools and resources on how to get started building a land portfolio, how this can be done anywhere in the world, and the power of a small but mighty team. Connect with BrentWebsiteConnect with Nicole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @workwealthandtravel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube @workwealthandtravelWebsiteBook a Strategy SessionGet Access to the Top 5 Easiest Residency Programs to Obtain TodayDisclaimer: The information in this video is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial, tax, investment, legal or professional advice. Only a professional expert can diagnose your specific situation and determine the most appropriate strategies for your needs. Work, Wealth & Travel can and does not provide advice or services unless engaged by you.

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I had a conversation with a young mother recently that gave me pause.  The young woman, a successful entrepreneur and mother, expressed her concern about her two young children, ages 3 and 10. They were bright, healthy, and seemed okay but had no interest in school, reading, or books. They played on their electronic devices for hours at a time and were doing "ok" in their classes at school. Her concern was that something was wrong with them and that they would not do well in school in the future if something did not change. I assured her that her children seemed bright and would do well if she nurtured and encouraged them in their development.   The mother's face brightened, and she asked me what I thought she could do to help her kids because, as she said, she "really wanted them to do well in school." I then asked her how often she reads to her children and if she has ever tried to create a 'learning environment' for her kids. When she asked what that meant, I explained that a learning environment included several things. Here are a few of the things I mentioned to her: A house with books the kids could read and look at in various places around the house; A structured time, several times a week, where they would all sit in the same room and look at books, and practice reading, and even making regular trips to the library, to check out age-appropriate books for the children to read. I said that one of the most important things she could do was to read to her kids regularly: children's books, Bible stories, and even stories from American history that would interest them and even lead them to ask questions. As I spoke, her forehead wrinkled up, and she made it clear she was not interested in these activities. She said she did not like to read herself and would instead just let the kids figure things out on their own as they watched learning games on their iPads or computers. I was flabbergasted!   The sad truth is, if kids are not encouraged to learn and read, they probably will not! Parents are to value their children's development and work to encourage, teach, and expose them to good influences. It takes years for a parent to nurture their children! It is just one part of a caring mother or father's role in preparing their kids for life after childhood!   Interestingly, as I heard myself explain this to my young friend, I thought of how any good church functions. More than just a place to worship God and pray, a healthy church is a place that nurtures its people, teaches them what the scriptures teach and how to apply those teachings to life, and encourages them to develop in the practice of their faith! Here is one passage that comes to mind:   Speaking of the people God has brought into the faith, Paul says this: "And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers. . . As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ." Ephesians 4:11-14     This is God's plan for the church; it is the way Father – God has determined to raise his people, who have pledged to live as followers of Jesus!   A healthy church will take this seriously and will produce 'children' who can read and understand scripture, think for themselves, and resist the cultural trends and temptations they might encounter in our sin-tainted world. It is not an easy task, but when taken seriously, it is a task that can produce young men and women who can live out their faith in a way that honors God, helps them in this life, and enables others to discover that life that is in Jesus.    A church that does not take this seriously but instead spends its energies on entertainment and making people feel good is a dangerous church. It leaves its people helpless in their battle against sin and unaware of the spiritual dangers of this world.     Let us all learn, develop our faith, and face this world with faith!   You can best support our Ministry by sharing these podcasts with your friends and family.   We also need your financial contributions to make our ministries possible. You can contribute online at https://firstbaptistofindependence.aware3.net/give/   If you would like to stay up to date on all things FBC, download our App by clicking here https://a3a.me/firstbaptistofindependence or by Liking our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/1stBaptist/   Thank you for listening. We will see you next week.

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Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Recently Tom Huszti interviewed me for his YouTube channel, the Unitarian Anabaptist. We talked about the importance of geography, archeology, and Greco-Roman history for interpreting the bible, especially the New Testament. Next we delved into early church history, starting with the earliest forms of Jewish Christianity in the first and second centuries. We talked about the Jerusalem church, the Nazarenes, and the Ebionites. Next we considered the persecution many Christians faced at the hands of the Romans for their unwillingness to give their ultimate allegiance to Caesar. The conversation was wide ranging, but what came through over and over is the importance of studying the bible and history in order to restore authentic Christianity and live it out today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KefOimH6ZU —— Links —— For the trip to Greece and Turkey with Jerry Wierwille, see the itinerary here and the map here. Follow Huszti's YouTube Channel, the Unitarian Anabaptist Check out episode 478 Unitarian Anabaptist (Tom Huszti)  Get the free class on Early Church History here. Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here —— Transcript —— This transcript was auto-generated and only approximates the contents of this episode. Sean Finnegan:Hey there, I'm Sean Finnegan. And you are listening to restart studio podcast that seeks to recover authentic Christianity and live it out today. Tom Huszti: Sean Finnegan, welcome to Unitarian Anabaptist. Sean Finnegan: Thanks for having me. Tom Huszti: So this has been a long time in the waiting. I was interviewed by you about 8 months ago and now you're being interviewed by the Unitarian Anabaptist. What a privilege there is. A lot that you have to say today in the limited time that we're going to do this, you just came back from a trip of Italy and Greece. You finished a 500 year history of the early church. There's just so much interrelated and what I would like to do, as we discussed earlier is to relate these things back to the 1st century faith of our early Christian brethren. So to begin, could you give us a summary of the important highlights that you saw on your trip related to church history? Sean Finnegan: Yeah, we ended up going to a number of touristy spots in Greece like Santorini and Mykonos, but we also hit Athens and we came into the port of Piraeus and then got to the city of Athens and and the first thing that I will note. And anyone who's been to the Mediterranean in August will. We'll know what I'm about to say is. That it's hot. It's a very.SpeakerHot part of the. Sean Finnegan: World. So is the Middle East, so it's it's. It's interesting that, you know, like times I've been to Israel, times have been to Greece or Turkey. It is a very different climate than what I'm used to here in New York or you in Ohio there. Tom Huszti: Sure. Yes, yes, absolutely. Uh. Sean Finnegan: And you know that that. Brings to mind the importance of water. Hmm. And something that really stuck out to me in Israel I. Would have never. Gotten that from reading books, but going to Israel you go to these ancient sites and. These cisterns dug into the ground these huge caverns to store water because it doesn't rain that much water is is still a big deal in the 1st century in Rome in.SpeakerYes. Yeah. Sean Finnegan: Other cities Pompeii also got to visit Pompeii. Tom Huszti: A lot. Sean Finnegan: And they brought. The water in through aqueducts and this is. All part of. Their system of city structure, but the question. Who pays for the aqueducts? Who pays for the bath houses? You know, I got to see some bath houses in Pompeii where you had the the frigidarium, the tepidarium and the calidore. Yum, you know, and this is the really cold water, the tepid water and the hot water. And this is just what people did. These are these are public facilities. This actually ended up having a great deal of prestige. As wealthy people step forward and this happened in the 1st century, but also in the the 2nd century, was really the heyday of this period, where wealthy people would come forward and they would donate money to build these public works and they would build other great structures like theaters. And whatnot. And these would then be the ones who controlled the cities and won political office. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: And so it's a very different kind of world, you know, just like I don't think about water, I don't think. About wealthy people building bath houses or pools, right? It's just we, you know, we pay taxes and then, you know, we argue about the police. It's just a very different world. And that was really driven home to me on the trip, you know, in Athens, you're on the Acropolis and you're seeing the Parthenon and some of the other structures that still remain. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes. Sean Finnegan: It's just like this is an utterly different world, and it's just so helpful to remember that Tom because. We don't do that when we read the Bible, what we do is we just. We have what we. Understand the world to be, and then we encounter the scripture. We read the text and then we think to ourselves. How can I incorporate this new information? I'm reading about the book of acts or one of the church epistles. For example, how do I incorporate that into what? I know about the world. This is an automatic process and the problem is if you don't force yourself to stop and say wait, they lived in a different world where they had different. Different language, different politics, different weather, different everything. Then you can easily misunderstand so much of the New Testament I. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: Think that's a? Lot of what we as pastors do is we're trying to help people understand the scriptures. So the trip was really enlightening in that sense. Also, I'll make another quick point about it is that we did manage to go to the very edge of Mount Vesuvius. Now Mount Vesuvius blew in 79 AD 79, and that's what killed all the people in Pompeii and Herculaneum. And so they say it's still an active volcano. But you can take a.SpeakerOK. Sean Finnegan: Bus all the way up to the top and then you hike until. Tom Huszti: What's the way? Sean Finnegan: You get to the very crater. You can look down into the crater and it's just incredible. It's just dirt and some like grass and stuff. There's no like lava. Or anything cool but. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: It's just a weird experience to like, stand on the edge of an active volcano and think, wow. This thing blew. And you could kind of see why ancient people were like, ohh, the gods are angry, right? Because. Like who would it? Tom Huszti: Uh-huh. Well, yeah. Sean Finnegan: There's no one in living memory of seeing this thing blow the last time, and it's just such a otherworldly power, sure. Tom Huszti: How far is Pompeii from Rome? Sean Finnegan: I think about two hours. If I had to guess something like that, so we approached. Tom Huszti: Ohh that far OK. Sean Finnegan: Pompeii, from Naples, Naples, is on the. Coast came at it from the West to get to Pompeii in the east, and then you get to Vesuvius and. At the top. Of the Zeus, you can see everything you can see just miles and miles in different cities and. It's really incredible. Tom Huszti: My, my. So how far did the lava have to travel to make it to Pompeii from? Sean Finnegan: Well, wasn't it? They didn't get buried in lava, actually. Yeah, you, you. You would, I guess you would expect that, but it was, it was a I think it was a toxic gas. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: That swept through it well. Initially it was uh. Was launching projectiles and ash and rock straight up, and then that fell because of the wind onto the city and so that, you know, imagine like a hail storm, but with stones and bigger ones and smaller ones. But then a gas came from the mountain and. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: I believe that's what happened and it killed the people, but then it continued to rain. Ash, I think they said like 20 feet of ash, something crazy. Tom Huszti: Oh wow. OK.Speaker 5And it just. Sean Finnegan: Settled on the city and people just didn't have a reason to go there for anything or I'm. I'm not really sure why, but it just laid there. Century after century, and I'm not sure exactly when. Maybe in the 1700s eighteen, 100 something something around there, they're just like, hey, I think we found. A city over here, you know? Archaeology. Just finally gets started. And what happened, Tom, is they would come against these air pockets. So they're digging through. And they hit like a pocket of air and they're. Like this is so weird. What is this? And someone got the bright idea of. Of squeezing into it some plaster, yeah. Tom Huszti: plaster plaster. OK OK. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, if you have you seen these images? Tom Huszti: Yeah, I have. Yeah. That's what I was wondering. OK. Sean Finnegan: Yeah. Yeah. And so then they let it dry and harden, and then they chip around it and then they see the exact shape of a human being. Sometimes even with fine detail. Of like facial expressions and stuff. That's kind of become their customers when they hit an air cavity. They just do that and there there are lots of these casts of human beings in various positions. And what's crazy about them is it's. Just like a. Plaster, but inside the plaster are that person. 'S actual bones. Tom Huszti: Yeah. I was gonna ask. OK. I was gonna ask, you know, something that you mentioned to me back. Louisville, KY, was the length of time that bones. Yeah. And we were talking about resurrection and literal resurrection. And you mentioned that bones last a long time. That's something I really was impressed by something that Rabbi Tovia singer was speaking out against being cremated because. Because the bones are supposed to be the material that used for in part anyhow to reconstitute us as human beings in the resurrection. So that view is very Jewish in origin, as you well know. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, I tend to agree with Rabbi Tovia singer on that. I'm not a fan of cremation. I'm not going to say it's going to defeat God's ability to resurrect somebody, feel like that's a pretty extreme position to take. But I have learned a lot and I know you've been to Israel and you've stood on the Mount of olives and you see. Well, the the tombs there that are, I don't know why they're buried above ground, but they're all these stone rectangles and or stone boxes, really rectangular shaped boxes and inside are the bones. And it's like, well, what's the deal with this? Why are they so worried about bones or not worried but concerned about bones and focused and. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes. Sean Finnegan: About caring for the bones and you know they have these ossuaries where you know they they found Caiaphas ossuary. Tom Huszti: I know I saw it when I was in Israel. Sean Finnegan: Incredible ornate. Tom Huszti: In the Israel, yeah. In the Israel hit Natural History Museum of all places, back in 2004, I was shocked. Sean Finnegan: Isn't it beautiful? Tom Huszti: Well, well, it's a beautiful ossuary, but what was most shocking was the was the plaque beside it. The plaque, the plaque beside it, said this was the high priest in the days of Jesus that was responsible for his crucifixion. And I thought to see that advertised in the Israel. Sean Finnegan: Oh, what did it say? Tom Huszti: Natural History Museum was just shocking because it's a recognition that this thing happened and this is the man responsible to it. I was, yeah, that was the last thing I saw in the museum on my way out because we were we had a very short time frame and it was at the entrance of the. Museum so we saw it as we exited. Very cool. Fascinating, yes. Sean Finnegan: Very cool. And you see that stuff? You just say to yourself. These are real. These are true stories. This is history, you know. You see. The the litho what is that Lithos Stratos? You know that that street that is beneath Jerusalem, that was discovered where this is where Jesus was beaten or. He was. It's the layer that goes back to the 1st century. It's kind of underneath the city of Jerusalem. You see these things you say to yourself like I like. I've stood there, Tom. Like, I know for sure. Now. Vesuvius is a real volcano. I looked into the. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes. Crater. Yes, yes. Yeah, right, right.SpeakerIt's like not that. Sean Finnegan: I ever really doubted it, but like when you do it and you stand there and you see and you, you know, you see the cast and the horror on the faces of the. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: People in Pompeii, you're like. OK, this is not a story, this is history. Tom Huszti: Yeah, no. Sean Finnegan: And it's very powerful. But back to your point about resurrection and bones. What really started me on this, this is going to be a really random source, is a Freakonomics podcast episode. They're talking about cremating animals. The guy was saying, when it comes to cremating animals, they it was, they were trying to do an investigation. The big question they had was. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: Do they actually give you the ashes for your animal? This is like a pet crematorium. Or are they just like scooping random ashes? And you know what? What's really going on here? Right. And they were talking it. So they got into the subject of cremation and bones. And they're like, well, you know, what really happens to the crematorium is they burn, you know, the human or the animal or whatever. And then the bones are there. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: Their bones are not burnable, they just, they're just there. Tom Huszti: Right, right, right. Sean Finnegan: So what they do is they grind them. Tom Huszti: That's what Tovia said, too. Sean Finnegan: And after they grind them down, that's the ashes that you get. They're actually ground bones. Tom Huszti: Ohh, is that right? Sean Finnegan: That they return to you. At least, that's what this podcast episode was saying. It was talking about animals, but like, it also talked about humans, whatever. And it and it made me think to myself, like, wait a second. I always just assumed the bones desiccated. I assumed that they disintegrated over. Tom Huszti: OK. Ohh you did. OK. Sean Finnegan: Time and then it it it kind of informed my thinking about, you know, the James Ossuary and the Caiaphas archery and some of these other ossuary findings, like some of the more sensationalized ones said we think we found Jesus and all this, which has been pretty much not accepted by scholarship but anyhow.Speaker 5The idea of. Sean Finnegan: Bones lasting for centuries and centuries was just like common sense to ancient people because they didn't have this separation. Like we have from our dead. Like we don't, we don't. Know but like they would go. Sean Finnegan:A year later. Sean Finnegan: Back to the tomb and they would pick up the bones and put them in a. Little bone box. Space is limited and you want to fit as many ancestors, descendants, relatives in the same cave or tomb as possible. But you're not looking to, like, mix all the bones together. So yeah, it just kind of made sense to get a box the width of the skull and the length of a femur, and to use that to, you know, organize people and just scratch on the side, the person's name. And so I think this all goes back to whether we're talking about the amount of olives. Tom Huszti: Yeah, yeah. Tom Huszti: Oh, OK. Sean Finnegan: To this day in Jerusalem, or we're talking about the austrias in the 1st century this or or Tovia Singer's preferences. This all goes back to the same thing which is this. Really strong belief in resurrection and so burying your dead in a way that preserves the bones or cares for the bones is is in a sense, I think a an act of faith that the Jewish people have always had. Again, I'm not saying that cremation is a sin or that it's going to damn somebody to, you know, eternal judgment or, you know, that's not where I'm going here, but I think. Tom Huszti: Yes. No. Sean Finnegan: We should ask the question, is this really this is really fit as Christians like I know it's less expensive. OK, but like is it? Is that always the right course of action? Just cause something's less expensive. So I I think burial. Traditional burial it can be an act of faith because you're saying I'm going to Mark Toome. I'm going to rise. Out of this to. Him so. Tom Huszti: Let's get back to your your trip details. I'm trying to picture this, the framework of well picture this setting that the acts of the apostles was written in. Is Athens set on a hill? Sean Finnegan: Well, the Acropolis certainly is. Tom Huszti: The acropolises OK. Sean Finnegan: Yeah. So, yeah, there there are definitely hills there. The propolis is a very high point in the center of Athens and it is kind of steep. I don't know what you call like a plateau that just. Rises out of nowhere. In the old days, that would be the spot where you would retreat to if Athens were invaded, because it can be held much longer. Tom Huszti: Apostle Paul preached in that place. Sean Finnegan: Well, I think he preached. On Mars. So which is right next to it. So it's yeah, it's right. Right nearby. Tom Huszti: Can you imagine the possible Paul in that setting? Sean Finnegan: Yeah. Well, I mean, the interesting thing about the apostle Paul at the Areopagus or Mars Hill is that he is looking at all these statues. And I when I was in Athens, I got to go to the museum. Tom Huszti: Can you picture him there? Carry out this OK? Sean Finnegan: The Acropolis Museum, which is. Walk. We got there and we went inside and you see all these statues? These are all these statues that they found? Of course. The Acropolis had actual temples to gods on it and that wouldn't have been unusual. There would be temples and statues of gods all throughout the city. And that's not weird for Athens. All Greco-roman cities had statues to gods, shrines, little other ways of worshipping their gods, you know, depending on what gods we're talking about, they're all a little different. You know, there's Paul. He's not really from the West, you know, for and for his perspective as as somebody from. Horses and cilicia. Athens is the. West, we say Athens is east, but for him that's. Tom Huszti: OK, he's from us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sean Finnegan: West and you know, so for Paul, he would have seen plenty of this throughout his travels and stuff. But for whatever reason, his heart was just so troubled in Athens, he saw that people just in the city just given to this in Act 17, he finds this altar to the unknown God and he's like. All right, well, here's. Here's someplace where I can hook on a gospel presentation. Really good speaking. But it's interesting too, going back to our former conversation about burial and resurrection, when it comes to the part where Paul says that God has furnished proof by raising that Jesus is the Messiah by raising him from the dead. The Athenians had no trouble hearing that Jesus would be the Messiah. I don't think that was like a really understood category to them. They wouldn't have a hang up about that as him being a king or whatever. But when he says. He has given proof by raising him from the dead. Suddenly they're just like this is ridiculous. Everybody knows you don't want your body back again. This is stupid. I'm out of here. And like the Greeks, the Greeks, they're standard approach to the afterlife. Tom Huszti: Ohh yeah yeah. Sean Finnegan:That's right. Sean Finnegan: Was to get rid of the body. It was not to keep the body or to get the body back. Restored and renewed. And so this. This was always a big issue between Jews and Christians. Agree on. Over against the the Greco-roman, whether the philosophers or just like the folk religion of like going down to Hades and you know all the stuff they, you know, they had stories about all that. Tom Huszti: Have you been to Cesarea Philippi in Israel? Sean Finnegan: Yeah, it's like they call it banya or. Tom Huszti: Something banyas. Yes, banyas. And actually, I guess you know why it's called banyas. Sean Finnegan: Well, there was a. Shrine to the God pan there. Tom Huszti: Right pan, right. So the original name was panyas. But the Arabs have a hard time pronouncing the sound, so they change it to bond. Yes, believe it or not. But yes, yes, yes. So now. Sean Finnegan: Well, that makes sense. Thank you. Tom Huszti: You learn something. From me for a change, right? OK. Sean Finnegan: There it is. There it is. Yeah. I have been there. It's a beautiful spot. And you know, again, talking about the heat and the the arid climate of Israel to have a place with a beautiful water supply. Tom Huszti: Oh my. Sean Finnegan: Like sensory flip by where you say, OK, this is it. This is going to be a big spot. This is going to be a place where people are going to want to go and build things and live because there's plenty of water. Tom Huszti: Yes. Yeah. Tom Huszti: Yeah, it's beautiful there, isn't it? Maybe the most beautiful place in Israel. In my my view, as far as the physicality of it, that's arguable, but. Sean Finnegan: I don't know. I loved Dengeki. I thought it was. Tom Huszti: And Betty was beautiful too. Yes. Also water the the shrine. So do you remember what the shrine of Pan looked like? And and with the details about what was happening there. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, yeah. No, no, remind me. Tom Huszti: OK, there's a a graven image of pan on the the wall of the the side of Mount Hermon, the base of Mount Hermon there. And there is a cave right next to it. And there would would have been an altar for a member, correct? There would have been an altar in front of The Cave, and they were doing sacrifices to the God pan, and they were throwing the sacrificed beast into The Cave and the Jordan River begins flowing from that area. So. There was some kind of a relationship to throwing the sacrifice into The Cave and and whether or not the blood came out at the Jordan River that cave. On the side of the mountain, Mount Hermon was supposed to be the gateway to the underworld. Sean Finnegan: It is certainly the case that the Greeks and the Jews looked very differently at the dead. The Jewish mindset was at the dead are resting and they had the term show all for that. The sort of realm of the dead where all the dead are they're they're awaiting, they're asleep, they use that language. Lot, even in the the Christian New Testament. Tons of references, a lot of our translations, just like get rid of it and they say died or. Something like that. But that it actually says fall asleep or fell asleep. Ohh which you know the a Greek person wouldn't say that they would say no, they're in a different realm. And they're in the underworld of Hades, and Hades is not just a realm. It's also the name of a God who's in charge of all of those shades or departed souls. And you know, so, like, these are very different views. You know what I mean? And it's sad to say, but Christianity has more often than not. Agree with the pagans over against the early Christian. Of view, which is a shame, right? Tom Huszti: Unfortunate indeed. Yes, it is in the the first conversation I had with Tovia Singer, we hit upon so many touch points that we agree upon resurrection life in the age to come. The term Messiah is something that we can talk freely about. There's so many things from my Christian view that actually are terms that you can talk to Jewish people in this present day about, especially those who are inclined to study the Old Testament. And that's a conversation that most nominal Orthodox kind of Christians cannot have with Jewish people. The the rule seems to be that Jews have to leave Judaism in order to come over to Christianity. But strangely enough, we received Christianity from the Jews. And so the context that you're you're seeing here is something that is is very interesting. In restoring Christianity to its 1st century foundations, which is your your big desire so. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, yeah, I mean, that's what, that's what I'm all about, is trying to clear away the accretions of the Middle Ages and the post Christian. Developments and getting back to that original earlier version of Apostolic Christianity, you know what? What would the church have thought about this in the 1st century rather than in the 2nd and following centuries? The the subsequent centuries? And, you know, I'm not against technology. Renovation. But I am against changing our beliefs from what the New Testament says and that has happened a lot and it happens very slowly. And I've had a a a desire to understand that development. For a long. Time and did my masters on the subject and was really surprised to see that, you know, people are just not asking this question. Like I'm I'm a member. Of the even to this day of the the Boston area patristic society. OK. And so I get emails and, you know, invitations to attend their meetings, which I attended when I lived out there. And, you know, they're held either at Harvard or at Brown University or sometimes at Providence College as well as three schools have good patristic good, early church history programs. And you know so. They they issue these papers a couple. Of times a year. I don't know like 3 or. Four to five times a year and you know you have lint chocolates and a little wine and a little cheese. And you know, you sit around and, you know, just kind of listen in with these, you know, somebody presents on some aspects some facet of. Early church history. Three, I've been a member of this for I don't know a decade they have never done. A doctrine not once. Not once. There's no interest at all in doctrinal development or this mindset that says, hey, let's get back to living out our faith the way they lived out there is, as far as how we treat people or how we think about the government or whatever practical area. There's zero interest in that. In the the more liberal side of the fence and then on the conservative side of the fence, you have the Catholics that really dominate. And not that there aren't liberal Catholics. I'm sure there's plenty of them too. But I'm talking about the more conservative minded ones and they're always just trying to show that what the church teaches now is really what Christians have always believed. So it's apologetic. It's not OK, let's see what happened. It's more like, alright, well, this person like, for example Ignatius of Antioch, there's going to be an amazing presentation on this. Tom Huszti: Come on. Sean Finnegan: At the Unitarian Christian Alliance Conference next month, Nathan Massey has done some cutting edge research on Ignatius of Antioch. But anyhow, people, Catholic scholars in particular love Ignatius, and they'll go to Ignatius and they say, well, see, Ignatius calls Jesus God. Therefore, the Trinity is true as we, you know, 20 centuries later. Teach it it. It's it's all true because Ignatius said Jesus is God, and there's just more problems with that than you can shake a stick at, which you know I won't get into unless you're interested. But like my my point is. There's very few scholars who are honestly going to the sources of ancient Christians. Whatever books have survived right, and saying what were they saying? And and just taking them on their own words, their own terms, giving them the credit that they knew what they. Were talking about even. If it disagrees with what the? First later said was the right way to think, right? So let me let me just give. You one example. So for example. Justin Martyr, Justin Martyr doesn't fit with anybody, right? I mean, he's just idiosyncratic. He has his own way of thinking and talking. About things, he will even call Jesus, the second God sometimes. And you know he doesn't. Think at all that. Jesus, even in his preincarnate state, was equal. With God the. Father ever, you know, at the same time he's he's sort of like very much like in mesh with the Jews and and like very much talking to the Jews and at. The same time, incredibly rude. And it, you know, by what I would say, it's totally inappropriate. You know, some of the ways he he talks to in in one of his books, the book against Trifle. So yeah. So anyhow, Justin Moorer, you know, a church historian will come along and say, Justin, Monta was just. Tom Huszti: Ohh trifle.Speaker 5You know, he was reaching in the dark for the doctrine of the Trinity. He just didn't quite have the language yet to express it, and it's like. Sean Finnegan: No, he wasn't. He had a he had a mature developed view of who he thought Jesus was. And it's just different than yours, man. Just just. Allow him to be him. Tom Huszti: He might have squeeze everybody into the. Sean Finnegan:You know. Tom Huszti: Same mold, huh?SpeakerHe's not. Sean Finnegan: Hinting at anything he thinks he knows what he's talking about. You're not. Tom Huszti: Right. Tom Huszti: He wore the philosopher's robe, didn't he? Sean Finnegan: He did, and he had a he had a a little meeting spot in Rome above a, you know, above a shop, you know, he had a little apartment or whatever, and he'd he'd meet with people and he'd teach him what he thought was the definitive understanding of the Christian religion, just because nobody else later on agrees with him doesn't mean he was just like. Undeveloped or something, you know, he he believes what he believed, and it's just different and that's OK. And what I see when I look at Justin or Irenaeus or, you know, a lot of these guys is I see development. And when I see development, I think to myself, let's rollback the tape and see the trajectory overtime. Yeah. What is the vector? Where is this heading? So if I see you know a couple of points on a line that go in One Direction, I could say OK, I make a measurement here, make a measurement here, connect those dots and trace it backwards. What's there in the? 1st century and that's that's what I love to do. That's what I want to know. That's my my research, my investigation to find. What's the earliest beliefs and practices and that I'm crazy enough to think we can live that out today? Tom Huszti: Yeah, you are a strange bird, but I agree with you I. Guess I am too so. Sean Finnegan: Well, and The thing is we both came to this from very different milieus, different backgrounds, denominations and so forth. But we both recognize that it makes logical sense that if the church has gotten off track. Then you know the best way to do it is to reform back to the, you know, whatever we can recover of the original version of Christian. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: And you know, that's. Yeah, it makes sense to me. A lot of people don't. They don't believe in Restorationism. They they say, oh, that's you can't go back there. It's impossible and it's like. Tom Huszti: That's so true. Sean Finnegan: Well, well, why let? Tom Huszti: Me. Share you with you my thought on this. So the the 1st century church was waiting for the return of Jesus and it didn't happen in their age, but. We who claim to desire the return of Jesus need to be postured as they were. Like I'm I'm just. Wondering you know. Like if Christianity gets far enough away from their origins, it's an awful lot to ask Jesus to return when we've strayed so far from. What our forefathers believed so that the church that I was put out from is called the Apostolic Christian Church Nazarene. And the term Nazarene is a a term that is very, very honorable, I would say. But when you think in terms of the early church, the term Nazarene meant Jewish believers in Messiah. And I still call myself a Nazarene, even though my community has, for the by and large, has disfellowship. Hit me. I'd like to to trace my origins back to the the Nazarenes my my Jewish Brethren, believers in Jesus, and this is something that you touched upon in your. Your church history. You think you could fill us in a little bit about the views of different Jewish Christians, Abbey Knights and Nazarenes and. Any others that would kind of fit that category maybe give us a little summary. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, to do work on the Ebionites or the Nazarenes is to read late reports. By their enemies. I don't know of a single document that survives other. Than I would. Argue that, dedicate, I would say that dedicat is a Nazarene document. Tom Huszti: Oh wow. Sean Finnegan: It reads that way to me. It has a low Christology. It's very Jewish, you know, it's very Christian, you know. And it it just seems to kind of fit that that mindset. So I would argue that the dedicate would be a Nazarene document. Now these these terms, Nazarene, it's actually in the New Testament. The sect of the Nazarenes. Where was that? They said. Tom Huszti: Right, Paul Paul, was it? Yes, they did. That's correct. Yeah. Yes. Sean Finnegan: That about Paul, right? Yeah. So that's old school. Right. But what we can kind of gather is from these late reports and when I say late, I'm talking like from the year 375, we get this heresy hunter named Epiphanius of Salamis and he writes a book called The Panarion. You know, so this is this is riding 300 years after all the action and the excitement has already happened, right? Where's where's the action? Where's the parting of the ways? As James Dunn's famous book called it? Well, it's really in that post 70AD pre. Justin. So like between like 70 AD when the temple. Tom Huszti: Yeah, yeah. Sean Finnegan: Got destroyed and the Romans conquered Jerusalem to the time of Justin Mortar where, like he begins in, you know, maybe like 135 was the 2nd revolution. Right. So you have the the bar Copa revolt. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: Actually, some people might call it a third revolution because there was another one in between the two, but whatever. It wasn't in. Jerusalem. But you know, in that period there, what is that like? Probably like 60-70 years something happened and there was a a splitting away and Gentile. Tom Huszti: Ohh there was OK Ohh. Sean Finnegan: Christians and Jewish Christians. Stops influencing each other. And it's a really murky period of time. Scholars have all kinds of theories from there was never a parting of the ways. What are you? Talking about to it. Tom Huszti: Uh-huh. Well. Sean Finnegan: It happened because of this or because of that. But let's just put it this way, the the the official Christian line on it has always been since. The time of Eusebius. That the followers of Jesus when they. Saw the Roman legions coming. Abandoned the city of Jerusalem. And if that's true and they, he says they went to power, they went to this other area. If that's true, then the native Jewish people who stayed and fought and died. And then many of them also survived. Would not very much like the Jewish Christians because. They didn't stay, they didn't like. Tom Huszti: So you're talking for 70, you're talking about from 70 AD that the Christians would have left. Sean Finnegan: Yeah. Yeah. So, like, after the city is conquered by the Romans, things kind of settle down politically. I mean, I guess the last holdouts are at Masada up until what, like 7370? Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: 4 but like. Then that OK, this period ends, the Romans have reasserted their dominance. But you know a lot of Jewish people survive and and. And they're not looking at the Jewish Christians positively, they're looking at them negatively. And we have this Birkat hominem. Yes. Are you familiar with that? It says for the apostates, let there be no hope and uproot the Kingdom of arrogance speedily. And in our days, may the Nazarenes and the sectarians perish, as in a moment let them be blotted out of the book of life. Tom Huszti: I am. Sean Finnegan: And and so forth. So it's like OK by the time of Justin, he makes mention of this and he says you. Know why? Why? You guys cursing us in your synagogues, right? So like Justin knows about it, so. It's got to be before 160 and it's. Probably after the month. Tom Huszti: So let me ask you this, would that curse? Be specific to Jewish believers in Messiah Jesus. She will. Or would it? That was specifically for them because they were thought they were thought to be created. Sean Finnegan: Well, they they would be the ones to go to the synagogue. So this is something. That would be spoken. Publicly in the synagogue, along with the other blessings and. Tom Huszti: OK. Ah. So that would discourage them from attending synagogue. Sean Finnegan: It would expose them as well because they wouldn't be able to recite that. Tom Huszti: Oh, they wouldn't be able to recite it, OK. Sean Finnegan: You can't curse yourself, you know. It's just awkward. Tom Huszti: Yes, so so so.SpeakerYou know, right. Tom Huszti: During the time of the Barkha revolt, the Jewish believers in Yeshua Miss Jesus would not have taken up arms against the Romans and this would have been a further offense against the. Against the revolution, revolutionaries against the Jews. Sean Finnegan: Well, you know. We we see we see rumblings even before in the I don't know if it's the Jewish war or the antiquity of the of the. Jews with Josephus. He talks about how there was a power vacuum just for a moment in Jerusalem and during that power vacuum when the old governor had, I don't know if he died or just had left or whatever happened to him. But the new governor, I think, was Albinus, was on his way then the non Christian. Jewish people were able to gang up on James, and when James was fairly old brother of Jesus and that they were able to more or less lynch him, you know, they just got a mob together and they they were able to to kill. Tom Huszti: A friend. Sean Finnegan: Him. So there was already animosity before the war. War starts in 66, you know it. It did blow up from time to time. We see it in the book of Acts. Right. There's a lot of animosity between the Jewish Christians, the non Christian Jews. OK, so this this continues. But after the war.SpeakerOK. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: It it's it seems like there's not even much real space left for Jewish Christians to even go to a synagogue with this curse that's put there specifically against them. Again, the war is such a massive historical event. The Jewish War of Rome, 66 to 74, where I mean, how many kinds of Judaism. Do we know? About from the 1st century, you have your Sadducees, you have your Essenes, you have the rebellious types. They call the 4th philosophy and Josephus. You have your Pharisees, and then you have the Christian Jews. Tom Huszti: They would be the zealot. Would there be the zealots or the sikari? Sean Finnegan: Yeah, yeah, that would be the 4th philosophy. The Zealots, the sicari, all the revolutionary types. Right. So you have like, five types of Judaism. And so the Christian Jews. Tom Huszti: OK. OK. Sean Finnegan: Five and the Pharisaic Jews survive, but the Sadducees, the Essenes, and the revolutionaries. They're all gone, or completely disempowered. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: After the war, so now you have pharisaic Judaism, which eventually kind of develops into rabbinic Judaism, and you have the Jesus Jews. And they gave birth to the Christian movement, which is kind of like, it's almost like in a sense gone public like a like a corporation offers an IPO. And then, like, the, the company has kind of a life of its own, independent of what the founder, really. Tom Huszti: Yeah. OK.SpeakerHis vision was. Sean Finnegan: And maybe that's a good analogy for it, cause like Christianity goes pretty much Gentile and there it's Jew and Gentile together in the 1st century for sure. But like as we get into the 2nd century. The kinds of literature that survive from Christian pens. It's just like either ignorant of Jewish practices and interpretations of the Old Testament or outright antagonistic, where you get like documents from like the middle of the 2nd century. Like I'm thinking of the Epistle of Barnabas, and some of the other documents in the Apostolic Fathers, where like they're just like you, Jews are crazy because you kept the law. And it's like, how could you ever say that if you're if you're a little more aware of what the, you know, that that was the law that God gave to the Jewish people to keep, why would they be crazy to keep it? Right? So it seems like there's just a parting of the ways. And that's the term James Dunn used for it. And, you know, we just wish so much that we had. We have more information about it. We just kind of get these little bits and pieces. We don't know exactly how it happened. We just know that it happened.SpeakerOh yeah. Tom Huszti: Some hostile witnesses, of all places. Sean Finnegan: So now you've got. These Jewish Christians, Tom and they're kind of isolated in the east, they're not well loved by the Gentile Christians or they don't have access or I don't know, for whatever reason, there's just not a lot of interaction, which is tragic in my opinion. Tom Huszti: Yeah. Yes.SpeakerBut they're also. Sean Finnegan: Alienated from their own Jewish brothers and sisters because they're not allowed in the synagogue and you know, if you're in a little village and there's only one place putting shoes on horses. Or doing some other craft or trade. And they don't want to sell to you. Guess what? You're in trouble, you know, because you're one of the Nazarenes or. One of the Ebionites. Tom Huszti: Sure, sure. Sean Finnegan: So you know these people had a really tough go of it and you know, we hear about them later on and they may have survived pretty well. Outside the Roman Empire, in the east, in the Persian Empire. But we don't know much about that either, so it's really hard to do scholarship on them. There are more questions than answers, but my best guess, OK. And that's really what it is, is it's a guess is that the community of James, the brother of Jesus, they didn't really get on board. With what Paul? And Gentile Christianity was doing they got on board to a certain degree and and this we see this conflict in the book of. Acts 15 and then later. Tom Huszti: Yeah, 15. Sean Finnegan: On in .2 what happens is.SpeakerThey say all. Sean Finnegan: Right. Well, you you can have. Gentiles and they don't need to keep the law. Fine, but we Jews are going to keep the law. Still, I don't think Paul got on board with that. Paul would say Jews don't need to keep the law either. Obviously they can. Anybody can keep the law. Who wants to? But Jewish Christians, I should say I should be clear. I'm not talking about just Jews in general. I'm saying Jews who believe in Jesus because of a covenantal understanding expressed later. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes. Sean Finnegan: In the Book of Hebrews, whoever wrote Hebrews that it is clear that Jewish Christians don't need to keep the law. James and his group of Jewish Christians disagree with. That viewpoint, they say no. This is the covenant. We're Jewish Christians. We're going to continue to keep the law. So I think this James Community is what left during the war and survived north and east of Jerusalem. And that then this community had a doctrinal division where some of them. Accepted the Gospel of Matthew, which possibly was in Hebrew or Aramaic. You know some language that the people could readily read. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: There are lots of hints of that in the patristic literature. People talk about it quite a bit. They don't talk about any other writing. From the new. Testament, all the other books in the New Testament. They never mentioned as being in Hebrew, just Matthew. Tom Huszti: Wow, just Matthew cross. Sean Finnegan: It's the only one. Yeah. So why would you? Put it in Hebrew, whether it was written in Hebrew originally or translated into Hebrew. Why would why? Because you have Jewish people. Reading it. You read the Gospel of Matthew. What does it begin with? A genealogy? Who loves genealogies? The Greeks? No, they don't care about genealogies. The Jews love genealogies. So Matthew begins by making a convincing argument that this Jesus of Nazareth has a claim. And. Could possibly be the Messiah because of his ancestry. That's how it starts. So you've got this community and in. The Gospel of Matthew as well as. Luke, you have. The virgin birth. You have the virgin conception and you know this idea that in in some way Jesus is the son of God.Speaker 5Some of the. Sean Finnegan: Jewish Christians in this community don't believe that. And others do, and that is, and again, this is a reconstruction based on hostile sources like Epiphanius, and you siberius, and there are plenty of later ones too. Like Jerome mentions this stuff and it, and and it's even possible that these Jewish Christians survive. Arrived and they there was some interaction with them. It wasn't just all hearsay. OK, but it's possible for us to know today how reliable these reports are. But so you have the James, Jewish Christians. They go away from Jerusalem and they settle in north and east of of Jerusalem. And they have this difference. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: Among them the ones who? Believe in the virgin birth. Are Nazarenes the ones that do not? Are Ebionites both of them believe that Jesus is a human being? Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: Whom God anointed as a Messiah. They both believe in crucifixion. Both believe in resurrection. Both believe in Ascension. Both believe in the coming Kingdom. So the question is, you know whether he is biologically. Whatever that means, you know, like, if there was this miracle to get him started or if he was the son of Joseph. OK, so that's that seems to be the disagreement there between the Nazarenes and the Ebionites. And here's here's just one more thing to complicate it, make it worse is some Christians will call both groups of unites. Tom Huszti: Yeah, that's a mistake. Sean Finnegan: And they're saying, well, some of you guys believe this and some even nice believe. That it's like. Tom Huszti: Yes, right. Well, it seems to me the very, very important doctrines they agreed upon. And I know I noticed in the Apostle Paul's writing, he never mentions the virgin birth, he does emphasize. The authority that Jesus received through the resurrection, most notably in Romans chapter one, that's where. Sean Finnegan: Yeah. I mean, I think the closest pull comes is Galatians 4 four, where it says when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his son born of a woman born under the law. Sort of like the closest. To it you. Can interpret that a number of different ways. Tom Huszti: So it's fascinating to understand that we've actually lost connection to a large extent to the original source of our our gospel message. And I suppose that makes that makes your challenge of restoring 1st century Christianity even a bit. Your task you're trying to recreate these things based on what you know and based on hostile witness accounts. Sean Finnegan: Here's the good news. We still have the Bible. We have the New Testament. You know, we can read it, we can see. And it's not like the New Testament is hiding or covering over any controversy like the The Paul. James, things is is is plain as day in Galatians like pull, yes, pull lays it out, you know, and I and. I'm going with Paul on. This I'm going to. I'm going to disagree with James. I think he was a great. And but I think he just didn't have the full understanding of how Jesus, through his actions, how he affected our relationship with God and and this whole understanding of covenant. So I'm going to go with Paul on that. What happened among Pauline Christianity is. A development that slowly moved away from the New Testament read from a Jewish perspective because I think Pauline Christianity basically got swamped by Gentiles. Tom Huszti: Yeah, I think so. Tom Huszti: Too and I. Sean Finnegan: Think the leaders. Of Pauline Christian. Probably not in his day, but maybe within a generation or two. Became highly educated intellectual gentiles who were financially well off enough to get an education because education costs them money. Otherwise you got a farm or you got to do a craft or a trade, right? So is that is that sort of movement occurred away from? Apostles and their appointed success. More towards these intellectuals. We get Christian doctrine shifting away from what's in the New Testament into these more Greek and Roman ways of thinking. And that's kind of an area where I've been doing a lot of work recently. Trying to understand. Especially on Christology, how would a a Greek or a Roman person? How would they hear the story of Jesus? What would that sound like to them? And so I've done a lot of work on that and I'm going to be presenting that in a month as well at the UCLA conference. Yeah. But that will be out later on YouTube as well. If you don't make. Tom Huszti: Ohh at the OK. But that should be very interesting. Sean Finnegan: It to the conference, you know. Tom Huszti: I bought my ticket already. Ohh, good. Yes. Yes. I'll look forward to that. I guess we probably shouldn't talk too much about it in advance because we have to. We don't want to. Take the the. Thunder out of your presentation. Sean Finnegan: Well, I I just mentioned, I'll just mention one thing, OK. So let's imagine you're a non believer, you're a Pagan. You've worshiped the gods all your life. You've heard stories about Apollo getting banished down to Earth and having to work as a servant. You've heard stories about Zeus coming down impregnating women. You've heard stories about. Tom Huszti: Hercules. Dad. Huh, Hercules. Dad. Sean Finnegan: You've heard stories about Hercules as well, and Asclepius was originally a human who got deified, and he got deified to such a level that he became essentially an Olympian God, that that level of. Elevation and exultation was possible. So you hear all these stories about these gods who come down to become men, or appear as men being made in appearance as a man, right? Like this is this. Is their vocabulary. That's their world. And then you hear lots of stories. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes, right. Sean Finnegan: Humans, who had a beginning normal humans, but were so exceptional that they got to skip Hades and instead go to Olympia or instead go to some heavenly realm like. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: You this is just your.Speaker 5World these are all your stories. Tom Huszti: OK. Uh-huh. Sean Finnegan: Now you're going to hear a story about a miracle worker, Jewish miracle worker. Who was executed came back to life. And now lives in heaven. And is immortalized. You have a category for that. Kind of a being. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: It's called a God. Tom Huszti: Yeah. Yes. Sean Finnegan: Like in our in our language. Today we would say a lower case G God, right? They didn't fuss with capital. A lowercase. You know, like everything's capital pretty much and all the inscriptions we have in the manuscripts from this period, right. So they would just say, oh, that yeah, we. I know, I know. Plenty of other beings that are like that too. Yeah, they're they're called. Gods. And so you're you're trying to say that Jesus is a man and now he's become. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: God. So like you could just imagine a like an evangelism encounter going like that. And if you don't have that Jewish sensibility to say, well, hold on a second.SpeakerThere's only. Sean Finnegan: One God, and that's the supreme God who created everything. You can just see like Christian saying well. Yeah, I guess so. Like in that way of thinking. Yeah, he's a God. So now people. Start calling Jesus God. And now the question becomes well, in what sense has he got? Does he have a beginning before he was a human, you know, and you're just operating in a totally foreign. World View, mindscape than the Jewish mode, which is the Jewish mode, sees Jesus doing miracles and they say how great it is that God has given such authority to men. Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: What do they say when they see a miracle in the book of acts, when Paul and Barnabas? Tom Huszti: Right. Sean Finnegan: You know, get that guy filled. Tom Huszti: The gods are come down to us, the gods. Sean Finnegan: Of course, that's what they. Said that's what they believe could happen, right? We really have two different thought worlds that are combining in in weird and innovative ways. And that's just like one step along the path that leads to the doctrine of the Trinity, which doesn't really get fully developed until the late 4th century. Tom Huszti: Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. Tom Huszti: So Paul is trying to emphasize that Jesus is a human being, a second Adam. So that has a different flavor to it, like you have to. Paula is using the first Adam story to introduce the second Adam. And this is a glorified human being who is residing in heaven until God sends him back. That's a different. Category isn't it? For the Greco Roman mine? Sean Finnegan: Yeah, they don't. They don't. That doesn't. That doesn't make sense to them. You know, it's just that's just weird. That's like resurrection. Like, why do you want your body back? And what did Christianity do with that one? We get rid of it. You go to any funeral like unless it's somebody from my own group of churches, network of churches, or maybe like one or one or two other denominations. Right. Like you go to a funeral. What 99% of the? Funerals you go to they. Say this person is now in heaven and their soul. Whatever you know, they make up all this stuff. You know, it sounds just like the Greco Roman stuff from the ancient times. It doesn't sound. Like the Bible. Tom Huszti: Right, yes. Can you imagine sitting in the audience when Paul was preaching from the Acropolis? Sean Finnegan: Not to me. Tom Huszti: Can you put yourself in the in the shoes of a a Greek sitting in the audience hearing this message for the first time? And you know the setting. What would have impressed you or what you already mentioned this earlier but like if you as an individual were doing this? What would be going through your mind? Given your background and context. Sean Finnegan: Well, I think. There's a lot of misunderstanding going on. And and that's just normal. We shouldn't be upset about that. We should expect that. I think we see the same thing today. In the 21st century, where you try to explain something and somebody just doesn't get it, who's not a Christian, and I think that's what was happening here. And what happened is Paul is is evangelizing people. He's talking to people in the marketplace, his Jewish sensibilities, I think, are offended by seeing a city full of idols. It's just as somebody who was raised with the 10 Commandments, it's offensive. I mean, it's offensive to most Christians. Well, I don't say most, but many Christians today are offended. By seeing idols and statues and seeing people actually worshiping them, Paul is very disturbed by this. He's trying to to help. He's reasoning in the synagogue. And also in the marketplace every day. You've got the Epicureans, you've got the Stoics there, and then they say this is act 1718, he says. He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities. Because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection and see the word resurrection, there is Anastasia. Tom Huszti: OK. It's a Greek. Sean Finnegan: Word it means resurrection. You know, stand up again, but it seems like. And I I think some translations might do it this way, that they're thinking that. Jesus is 1 divinity. And they think that Paul saying that Jesus is divine being, which is interesting, right in light of what I said just a minute ago. And then the other thing they think resurrection is is another divinity. Right. So there's just. Misunderstandings all over the place. They're. Like you know, it seems like he's bringing in some new gods. Let's go here. What these new gods have to say, he's kind of like you. Remember. Back in the old days, kids would collect baseball cards. Or like when my kids were little, it was Pokémon cards. And you know, you trade with each other. This one, it's like gods to the, to the Athenians. You know, they're like, oh, you've got that. Tell me about that. God, I let me tell you. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: The story about this. One you know, so they're. Tom Huszti: Yes, yes. Sean Finnegan: Interested. And they put them up there and they say, OK, what is this new teaching? Tell us what this is all. About and so we know. There's going to be misunderstanding. We know there's going to be confusion, but that's no reason not to get started. And so he does. He starts in a very friendly and flattering way. Tom Huszti: He used their own poets. Their own poetry. Yeah, yeah. Sean Finnegan: He's building the bridge as much as he can to their thought world, but at the same time. He's so disturbed. Buy the idolatry that like he just. He just wants to hit that, you know, like it's just and it's not. It's not out of sense of superiority. I don't think. I think it's a sense of empathy and compassion. And so it just starts in with, like, explaining who God is. And he's like there's a God above everything else that made everything else. And he doesn't need you. He doesn't need you to. To offer animals. And he believed in animal sacrifice. I don't know if he still believed in animal sacrifice or not, but he believed in it. At least most of his life. And still, he's just like, look, he doesn't need. He doesn't need anything. God is radically. What do they say? Ah, say he's not contingent or dependent on us for anything, and that's not. How they thought about their Greek gods. They thought their Greek gods needed to be cared for. They believed that the Greek gods created humans to do the work for them, so they didn't have to do the work all the time, including feeding them these sacrifices that nourish them.SpeakerRight. Tom Huszti: Right, right. Tom Huszti: A hutch. Sean Finnegan: You know it's a. Tom Huszti: Very the gods. They were very dependent. They're their gods, were very dependent. Sean Finnegan: They needed a bunch of slaves to do all the hard work of cultivating the lands, raising the animals, planting the vegetables, do all the things so that they could be properly cared for and fed. And if you didn't do that, then they messed with you. They stopped the rain, or they brought war or whatever, you know. So that's the kind of thing he's coming against here. And he says, look there the the God who made the world and everything in it, Lord of heaven and Earth, does not need temples. This is a radical message. I mean, it's just like. You're in a. City, now that I've been there, like I've literally seen the temples.SpeakerWith my or. Tom Huszti: Not they're still there. They're still there. Tom remnants. Amazing. Sean Finnegan: Wow, there's actually, when I was there was scaffolding all around it. You know, they're always restoring these things because of the weather erosion and what, you know, but. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: You know, massive, massive. Structures unquestionable. You don't go to a Greek ancient Greek city and say God doesn't need tempo. Tom Huszti: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sean Finnegan: You know that they. Would really get their attention, it's. Like, wow, what is this guy saying? Tom Huszti: Yeah, I can imagine. What would it like these temples were full of pillars and the structure would have been probably unprecedented structures. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, yeah. I mean, we're looking at structures that are so impressive that if you didn't live in a city. If you live somewhere out in the country, you can't in the city. It would just take your breath away and then going into the temple itself, seeing most cities, temples they have what's called an apps, which is kind of like the back curved area where they had the statue itself and to see, you know, this huge statue. The artistry was magnificent. And you know, I've seen this where I think I saw this in a museum in Ephesus, on site, they have a little Ephesus museum there. And they had the head of Domitian. Which is a Roman. And it looked like a baby head. The proportions were all wrong. You know, just you know how, like, baby heads look. Weird, I don't know really how to describe it like there. May be a little spot. Tom Huszti: Oh yeah, yeah. Compared to the rest. Of the body you mean? Sean Finnegan: No, no, it was just the head. It was just the head and it and it. It looked like a baby head. And I asked my team. I was a part of a class at Boston University. I asked my teacher. I'm like, what's the deal with this? Why does it look like a baby head? And he just kind of laughed a little bit. And he said. Tom Huszti: Or it was just a hat? A hat. OK, OK. Sean Finnegan: Get low. Imagine this being 20 feet up in the air. Change your perspective and look at it again and it was exactly right. If you got. Low and looked at that same head. Of the mission. From that angle that you would see it. From the ground. All the proportions were perfect. Tom Huszti: So it was designed to be looked up to right? Sean Finnegan: So we're looking at people that have the. Artistry of the skill. Well, to to you know to like factor in perspective and angle. You know what I mean? Like that's something I would never think of you.SpeakerOh yeah. Sean Finnegan: Know. Of course I'm. Not a sculptor, but you know. I mean, you come in and you and you're.Speaker 5Confronted by this? Sean Finnegan: Stone object that is beautifully done. You just takes your breath away. For anyone to question it. It would just be like. What are you talking about, man? Everybody believes in this. And then there's a parade where they bring the portable idols through the city, and then they end up out front of the temple and you get a big barbecue and everybody's rejoicing and you know, the Jews and the Christians are just like, we're not going, we're going to stay home free. Tom Huszti: Oh yeah. Tom Huszti: Neat, right? And they're they're. Sean Finnegan: Well, free meat. Tom Huszti: For the pagans, right? Yeah. For the pagans. Right. Right. Yeah. Do you happen to know this story about the Roman general? Was it Pompeii that when he came into Jerusalem? And he was going to go into the holiest of holies, and the priests were. Standing in the way. And he ordered several, several of them killed with a sword. He wanted to see what the God of Israel looked like, and and he entered in the Holy, Holy Holiest of Holies. After these priests gave their life and he found nothing. What a surprise, right? Yeah. Yeah. So, so the Paul is preaching the same unseen God, but he's preaching the Jewish Messiah, who was seen, who was raised from the dead. Exalted into heaven, and whom God made judge over the earth. So this is the Athenians are being told that this Jesus God gave authority to for judgment, and that the world will be judged by him. Sean Finnegan: Yeah, even before that, you know, just talking about how you mentioned that Paul quoted a couple of their poets. You know that in him we move and have our being, we live and move and have our being and the other statement for we indeed are his offspring. You know, there's a lot of depends on how deep you want to go in this town. But like, there's a lot going on. The schools of the philosophers. Tom Huszti: You know, delve into it? Sure. Sure. Please. Sean Finnegan: OK, so so you have the Epicureans. Founded by Epicurus, and then you have the Stoics founded by Zeno, and they are just. Like total opposites? Right. So the the goal of the Epicurean is to to seek pleasure. Tom Huszti: OK. Sean Finnegan: But not in a primitive like spring break frat party way. You know where, like you just go crazy, and then you you're in pain and suffering the next morning. That's amateur hour. For that, you'd be curious. Or maximizing pleasure over the course of your entire life. Tom Huszti: OK. OK. Sean Finnegan: What would maximize my pleasure, and the Epicureans tended to say that either the gods don't exist, or they exist, but they don't care about us. So you don't need to worry about the gods. There's a lot of precursors to modern atheism and agnosticism there, but the Stoics are saying, ohh pleasure is bad and you got to serve the gods. You have civil duty. The Stoics tended to be the ones in charge of the cities, and the Stoics are absolutely convinced pleasure is. Inherently sinful, like any kind of any kind of pursuit of bodily pleasure, is well, I would say, at least, question. Bowl, but probably like if you could really live without food that tastes really good, or beds that are nice and soft, or a woman's touch or a man's touch if you're. A woman, you. Know like that you would be happier, you would live the good life. So the philosophers are all all about Greek philosophers in particular, or all about how do you lead the good life? Then

Host, Dave Hondel sits down with Actor, Producer, Director and Musician, Thomas Nichloas to discuss his long career in the entertainment industry and his new show entitled “Undeveloped”, now airing on Tubi. We will also focus on his band and touring information.Besides starring in the classic baseball movie “Rookie of the Year”, Thomas played Kevin in all “American Pie” movies and starred in many TV and Film projects the past several years. We will also be premiering his new single, not yet released entitled "Tomorrow's Gonna Hurt"!You don't want to miss this!  Click the below link to experience TalkingVCard as heard in the ad in this podcast and transport yourself or your business to the next level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://talkingvcard.com/TheStageDoorShow/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thestagedoorshow/message

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his August marks four years since Modi govt scrapped J&K's special status and carved two Union territories out of it. On this occasion, we take a look at how Jammu & Kashmir — long viewed by outsiders as a troubled land on account of its battle with cross-border terrorism — compares with India on key socioeconomic indicators. Govt data throws up a stereotype-defying surprise. In Ep 1293 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes a look at data from NFHS-5 and other surveys to talk about the many ways J&K is doing better than the rest of India.  

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In this episode Barry chats to Paul Berend, CEO of Cyclone Metals (ASX:CLE)

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In this episode Christina chats to James Durrant, CEO at RareX (ASX:REE).

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How to recognize a partner who still has emotional development to work through vs a partner who is emotionally safe

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Fr. Eric Nicolai comments on the effects of the gospel account of Jesus and the young rich man (Mark 10, 17-22). He had potential, that's why Jesus chose him. When you see someone with qualities, that works well, and seems to be a good person, you and I think of their potential. The power to become something more. You think of something still unrealized. Its latent within them. Undeveloped. Embryonic. There is a hidden future that gives you hope. What about our apostolic potential? Preached in the Manoir de Beaujeu, March 22, 2023. Thumbnail: Jesus and disciples fishing, medieval stained glass detail, Canterbury Cathedral 12th cent. Photo by Chris Beckett, Flickr. Music: Chiquinha Gonzaga composer, Lua Branca (arranged for guitar by Bert Alink).

E2 Metals (ASX: E2M) managing director Todd Williams joins Small Caps to discuss the company's acquisition of the Pinguino silver project in Argentina's Santa Cruz province. With a foreign resource of 82Moz of contained silver equivalent, Pinguino is described as one of the province's largest undeveloped silver-gold deposits. Pinguino is only 15km north of E2 Metals' flagship Conserrat project and is believed to have significant potential for resource expansion and new discoveries with more than 115km of underexplored strike. Article:https://smallcaps.com.au/e2-metals-creating-new-pure-silver-play-argentine-acquisition/ For more information on E2 Metals:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/E2M/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we chat to Shawn Khunkhun, CEO & Director at Dolly Varden Silver Corp, a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100% held Kitsault Valley Project, which is located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia.Shawn has a wealth of experience in the capital markets, mineral exploration, and the development sector and has a focus on enhancing shareholder value. He has served in a variety of strategic roles including investor relations, and corporate development. Shawn is also a director of Goldshore Resources and Director & CEO of StrikePoint Gold. He is going to give us an update on Dolly Varden, the history of the company and assets and an overview of the current silver marketKEY TAKEAWAYS In just a few years, Dolly Varden has grown, in terms of market cap, by about five times. During that time, the share price doubled. The company was undercapitalized. Bringing in $45 million has solved that problem. Shawn tripled the company´s mineral inventory. They have about 63 million ounces of high-grade silver and 1 million ounces of gold in the ground. Instead of continuing to rely on consultants, Dolly Varden has built up an experience in an internal team that has resulted in fast growth. They have identified 7 deposits in Kitsault Valley in an area that they own outright. There is hydroelectric power available in the area. The deeper they drill the higher the grades and the wider the deposits get. Dolly Varden is number one for size vs grade in the jurisdiction. Silver is still a niche market, there is not enough to meet demand 5 years from now. Historically the price of silver follows gold, but this time around demand is likely to have more of an impact. BEST MOMENTS‘I transfer wealth and my scientists create wealth. ´‘In my experience, with consultants, you pay top dollar, and you get a slow turnaround.'‘The people are almost as important as the projects…. We´ve got a really strong team.'‘Historically, silver moves when gold is reaching the mature stages of its cycle.'EPISODE RESOURCEShttps://dollyvardensilver.comToll free number - 800-321-8564Twitter   - @silvervardenIG - @dollyvardensilver1910LinkedIn - dollyvardensilverFacebook - Dolly Varden SilverVALUABLE RESOURCESmailto:rob@mining-international.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/http://www.mining-international.orghttps://twitter.com/MiningConsulthttps://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.orghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3ABOUT THE HOSTRob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace.CONTACT METHODrob@mining-international.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/Podcast DescriptionRob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight into people's experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Season 4 (Beaches): Episode 8 Miles of undeveloped beaches…in America? In this episode, Jamin and Hilarie visit Pensacola Beach, home to Gulf Shores National Seashore and endless white “squeaky” sand. And this time, Maggie Moodle the Goldendoodle came along for the ride. Listen in to hear Maggie's reaction to riding a boat and seeing a dolphin splash in the ocean. But the real takeaway? This relaxing trip created space for Jamin and Hilarie to talk about their future and plan for the unimaginable: a year-long adventure traveling the world together. This episode wraps up the “Beaches” season, designed to get you through the summer with some beachside stories. “Pensacola Beach: The Undeveloped Beaches Where Gap Year Developed” is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Travel FOMO is hosted by a husband and wife duo, Jamin and Hilarie Houghton. Learn more about them at www.travelfomopodcast.com. Follow us on social media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/travelfomopodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/travelfomopodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@travelfomopodcast

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Undeveloped land that was promised to the Chicago Housing Authority to help ease the city's housing crisis is instead going to the Chicago Fire FC. Reporter for ProPublica, Mick Dumke, talks with John about this clash for land.

What is the difference between owning land versus owning a house? How can you create passive income using raw land investment? Today's guest on the Crushing Debt Podcast is Mark Podolsky, the Land Geek.  In today's episode, Mark and I talk about his journey into the world of buying, selling and leasing raw land as an investment. Mark has actively invested in real estate and raw land for almost twenty years, completing more than 5,000 transactions in that time. For more information about Mark, you can email him at Mark@thelandgeek.com, or get more information about his free course at www.thelandgeek.com/quickdeals. You can also find Mark on social media @thelandgeek. Please also support our sponsors: www.LegacySpotlight.com by our friend and editor, Mark Purvis, where you can capture the wisdom, knowledge and stories of your parents or grandparents to pass on to your kids or grandkids! www.AttorneysFirst.com owned by our friend Sam Cohen, where he helps attorneys and title companies protect themselves from malpractice claims through insurance. If you have questions for me, you can reach me at www.YesnerLaw.com.   

Dr. Rob continues his discussion with Dr. Eddie Capparucciis, the creator of the unique Inner Child Model for the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors, to talk about common blind spots someone in recovery might have. When addicts are in their addiction, they can exhibit strong narcissistic tendencies, which can make it difficult to connect with others and see their perspectives.    TAKEAWAYS: [1:45] Addicts have a hard time seeing their own blindspots. What should they be aware of?  [2:40] Curiosity of people is an important way to connect with others. Addicts can lack this curiosity.  [3:35] Addicts can be hypersensitive to rejection and criticism.  [5:00] People learn how to love from their caregivers.  [6:20] In a lot of ways, addicts have been emotionally neglected. [8:50] In recovery, we have the opportunity to break the cycle.  [10:20] You break the cycle by being emotionally present.  [12:45] Emotionally unavailable people tend to be ‘do-ers', they try to fix the problem by finding a solution, instead of being present with their emotions.  [16:10] As long as you're oblivious to the pain you've been through, you will also be oblivious to the pain you're causing others.  [18:35] How do you work through your issues if you can't afford therapy?  [21:40] Dr. Eddie talks about the current work and programs he's a part of to help others. [24:15] Don't have the financial resources to go to therapy? Dr. Eddie can help.    RESOURCES: Sex and Relationship Healing @RobWeissMSW Sex Addiction 101  Seeking Integrity Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men  Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency Abundantlifecounselingga.com Dr. Eddie on LinkedIn Strugglingmen.org   QUOTES: “Anyone who has struggled with addiction has some strong narcissistic tendencies.” “Your kids are watching everything. Whether they're 4 or 14. That's one of the ways we don't get an understanding of what we need.” “It's never too late to start making changes.” “Even in the most troubled families, they are oblivious, even if they don't mean to be.”

Dr. Eddie Capparucciis the creator of the unique Inner Child Model for the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors. He believes at the heart of most Problematic Sexual Behaviors are unresolved childhood pain points. Dr. Eddie specializes in treating Problematic Sexual Behaviors including pornography. Among his many clients, they have been professional athletes including NFL and MLB players and television personalities. In this episode, Dr. Eddie explains why sex addicts are really emotionally undeveloped adults, and how they can break old patterns and build intimacy.   TAKEAWAYS: [1:55] A little bit about Dr. Eddie Capparucci. [3:20] Trauma plays a major part in addiction.  [5:10] Sex addiction goes further than just sex. Men with this issue are emotionally undeveloped.  [6:10] Addicts aren't bad people, they're broken people.  [6:20] Are therapists just making bad excuses for an addict's poor behavior?  [9:10] My addict is sober, but they're still a jerk. What's going on?  [11:25] What do you call someone who cheats? Are they considered ill?  [15:00] Addicts are used to running away from their pain and they will take whatever distraction presents itself.  [16:55] How can you help an addict take accountability?  [17:50] Someone struggling with addiction needs to begin to think about their legacy and to tap into a bigger purpose.   [20:00] What happens if someone is just not motivated to get better?  [22:45] Dr. Eddie shares how he works with betrayed spouses who feel unlistened to.  [25:50] Emotional intimacy vs. physical intimacy. What's the difference?  [28:15] So many people aren't taught what emotional intimacy is. [30:40] Dr. Eddie understands he has an avoidant attachment style. But, by understanding his childhood, this makes perfect sense!  [32:30] At the end of the day, Dr. Rob and Dr. Eddie are here to help people break patterns and build intimacy.    RESOURCES: Sex and Relationship Healing @RobWeissMSW Sex Addiction 101  Seeking Integrity Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men  Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency Abundantlifecounselingga.com Dr. Eddie on LinkedIn   QUOTES: “What do I get? I get very frightened and scared people who can't sit with pain and have found a coping mechanism of escaping.” “The addiction isn't the only piece. It's the whole presentation that you've been giving to the world.” “People who deal with addiction do not know how to sit with emotional discomfort or distress.” “I can tell you all the ways I'm a jerk, but learning how to be different is more of a commitment.”

Highland Village seeks public input on how to approach development on the city's last remaining undeveloped acres. Plano eyes a summer opening for a new outdoor family aquatic facility.   The CI Morning Breakdown is a production of Community Impact Newspaper. It is produced by Olivia Aldridge with editing by Marie Leonard. Weather and allergy reports are sourced from www.weather.com and AccuWeather.

Back from hiatus the boys are fresh and crank out a certified banger right out the gate. What do The Manson Family, Jim Morrison's Dad and Dennis Hopper have in common? Maybe nothing but anything is possible, especially in 1960's Los Angeles. We discuss the book "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream," and strap on our bullshit detectors. Also: Jason wonders why no one told him how good the Punisher is, we discuss the debacle that was Woodstock '99 and the HBO documentary about the doomed event, we wonder why males under 25 seem brain damaged. Finally: We talk Massachusetts metallic hardcore legends Cave In's recent signing to Relapse Records for an upcoming 2022 album as well as the re-release of classics like "Until Your Heart Stops" and "Jupiter." Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Benjamin Hardy shares 3 ways people become stuck, undeveloped, and unsuccessful. Episode 1111: 3 Ways People Become Stuck, Undeveloped, and Unsuccessful by Benjamin Hardy on Self Improvement Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/do-you-have-a-frozen-personality-if-so-here-are-3-possible-reasons-ef949c0464c0 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Hardy shares 3 ways people become stuck, undeveloped, and unsuccessful. Episode 1111: 3 Ways People Become Stuck, Undeveloped, and Unsuccessful by Benjamin Hardy on Self Improvement Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/do-you-have-a-frozen-personality-if-so-here-are-3-possible-reasons-ef949c0464c0 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices