Debt, Mortgage, and the Law Merchant

Ecclesiasticus 21:8 (Septuagint - Apocrypha), "He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial."

What is the meaning and origin of the word mortgage? The term mortgage comes from...

The Eight (8) Essential Elements of a Lawful Contract

1. The Parties are competent to contract

The parties to a contract should be competent, being of the age of majority/consent, of sound mind, and not disqualified from contracting by any law to which s/he is subject. A flaw in capacity may be...

Court Cases on Fictitious Names

by Richard Anthony

The following court cases deal with objections to one's name being printed in capital block letters (all-caps). In every case, the court ruled that it is frivolous to argue how one's name is spelled and ruled against them. Many "'patriots" (for...

HUMAN BEING - To Be or Not To Be a Human Being?

By Randy Lee in The Christian Jural Society News.

From Ballentine's Law Dictionary (1948). 'Human Being' is defined as follows:
     

'See monster' . From the same dictionary, 'monster' is defined: 'A human-being by birth, but in some part...

Is the Common Law really based upon God's Law?

by Richard Anthony

Many people assume that the "common law" is based upon God's Law, or that it was based upon God's Law at one time. However, the facts show otherwise.

Remember how we were taught that the U.S. Constitution was based upon God's La...

Maxims of Law

by Richard Anthony

When Jesus spoke the Truth to his accusers, he would justify himself by quoting Law. First, he would quote God's Law, and after quoting God's Law He would often quote the accuser's law and use that against them as well. For example, Jesus would say, "Did ye nev...

Nonconformity

Romans 12:2, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

How can we be servants of the Lord if we are slaves to human approval? Those who conform to th...

Reason and Compromise

The natural man looks only to natural reason and his intellect for truth. With reason, we are limited by self-deception and pride. We are also limited by ignorance. And reason is basically a spiritually dead thing because their mind becomes their god. That's the problem with...

Rebutting Presumptions

Numbers 15:30, "But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people."

Deuteronomy 17:13, "And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no ...

Ten Commercial Maxims of Law

There are ten essential maxims or precepts in commercial law.

1 - Workman is worth of his hire. The first of these is expressed in Exodus 20:15; Lev. 19:13; Mat. 10:10; Luke 10:7; Tim. 2:6. Legal maxim: "It is against equity for freemen not to have the f...

The World

by Richard Anthony

The terms 'world' and 'earth' have completely different meanings. Our Lord certainly made the distinction between 'world' and 'earth' when he said, "I have overcome the world" in John 16:33. It would be meaningless if he had said, "I have overcome the earth."...

Jeffrey Mark

The Modern Idolatry (1934)

An analysis of usury & the pathology of debt

This is an overview and highlights from the book - download The Modern Idolatry

Cover Page:

Table of Contents:

Preface

The preface is much longer than these extracts, really well-written.

The Voter Franchise

When elections come up, people usually choose between the “lesser of two evils.” But we have to remember that there is no such thing as the lesser of two evils. Evil is evil, and there are no degrees of evil (James 2:10). So, whoever came up with that phrase, “the lesser of two...

What is Caesar's?

by Gideon Caleb: Gordon

Mark 12:17, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

“Render to Caesar” is often quoted as the definitive answer to how much authority Caesar has over us. But does something belong to Caesar simply...