Why is Christianity so commercialized? Conley shares about The Dorean Principle, his new book which explains this biblical concept of the Gospel being "freely given". We talk about being a colaborer vs. a customer, reciprocity vs. gift, Bible translation, Christian music, copyright and creative commons, and how it all relates to an open source ethos. (Recorded in October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/dorean.

Book: https://thedoreanprinciple.org

Sections:

• [00:00] Supporting Ministries with Co-Laborers
• [02:22] The Modern Publishing Industry
• [06:25] Co-Laborers vs. Customers
• [07:52] Beyond Reciprocity: Contribution Matching + Family Worship
• [10:12] False Teachers are also Greedy Teachers
• [12:31] The Copyright Milieu of The Bible
• [16:59] The Oddity of Christian Music Licensing
• [23:44] Personal Bibles
• [26:17] Given Without Price

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