The Maker Versus The Takers w/ Jerry Bowyer

On this episode, Julia and Gino talk about economics in the Bible with Jerry Bowyer. Jerry is the host of the podcast ‘Meeting of Minds with Jerry Bowyer’, Author of “The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics,” Columnist at World News Group and The Christian Post.

Theologians ignore talking about the economic commentary in the Bible. And in certain cases where it does get the attention, Gospel and other New Testament writings tend to lapse into simplistic class warfare nostrums. The couple discusses about various elements of economics in the time of Jesus, with Jerry.

Key Moments:
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Journey from being an atheist to embracing Jesus
5:40 What made you write the book on economics and Gospels?
09:29 Aha moment during the research
14:45 Economics in Bible
18:18 Debt laws in Old Testament
27:17 We as shareholders have the power but we do not use it
34:43 The two versions of doing business with companies that align with your values
36:07 What’s on the horizon for Jerry?
39:40 Key takeaways from the book ‘The Maker Versus The Takers’

Check out Jerry’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…

To find Jerry’s book visit Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08…

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