Nathan Apffel
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jun
Nathan Apffel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's, again, Christianity has been monetized.
So there's a really cool book that most people, most Christians haven't heard of called the Didache.
It was written, they estimate, around like 70 AD.
So, you know, 35 years after Christ died.
And if you believe in the scriptures, you know, Rose and Pentecost.
What was it called again?
The Didache.
And in the Didache, it talks about trafficking Christ and trafficking the name of Christ.
So only a few decades after Christ dies, the early apostles already see that people are selling his name.
And so in chapters 12 and 13 of the Didache, it talks about if someone comes to you, because the Bible talks about what the disciples should do and how they should go out.
And you should go into someone's home and you stay with them
and eat what they put in front of you and drink what they put in front of you because the laborer is worthy of his wage.
So if I'm out there telling people about this itinerant rabbi, Christ, and how he's here to present a saving gospel and save you, you should provide sustenance and shelter for me because I'm giving you this gift.
So...
At that point in the Didache, people were already just leeching off of other people.
So it's like, hey, I'm a rabbi teaching the name of Jesus.
I'm going to stay with you for a couple of weeks.
And all of a sudden, you just start leeching off of people.
And so the Didache, these early apostles, are like, hey, here's how we get around this.
If someone stays with you for more than three days, tell them to get a job.
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