history Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/history/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:54:46 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Seasons in history https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/seasons-in-history/ https://jedidiah.org.za/economy/seasons-in-history/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:41:20 +0000 https://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1342 Ecomomic seasonsThe wise king Solomon said “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” (Ecc 3:1) If we look at nature it is just wonderful to see swallows returning at a certain time every year and fruit getting ripe in its appropriate season every year. In Gen 8:22 God promised that

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.

Business cycles

In business we experience the same. A business owner recently told me that ... continue reading

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History

The one subject I never enjoyed at school was History. To memorise all those names and dates was certainly not my favourite pastime, to put is euphemistically. I therefore quit the subject at the earliest possible opportunity, only to find myself in History class for another two years as a student at Teacher’s College.

But that was not the end of my misery. Some years later I studied Economics at the university and to my surprise, economic history was part of the curriculum. To be honest to memorise those ... continue reading

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