Here is a preview of a new chapter of the 2nd edition of Growing Food God’s Way. It introduces another new term:
…It can only be inferred, that one or more of Noah’s sons rebelled and went back to the over-self-importance way. I call it the Cain-seian method of gardening. Just like economics has a flawed model called the Keynesian[1] model, Shem, Ham, or Japeth must have (in rebellion) adopted the flawed practice of Cain. We read about Cain in Genesis 4:2. Eve had two sons (Cain and Abel) and we’re told what they grew up to be: Cain was a “tiller of the ground,” and Abel was a “keeper of the sheep.”
The following verses go on to explain that each man brought a present for God. Cain “brought of the fruit of the ground [for] an offering to the LORD,” and Abel “brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof.”
God’s response?
“And the LORD had respect to Abel, and to his offering: but to Cain and to his offering He had not respect.”
[1] John Maynard Keynes was a British economist teaching, among other macroeconomic theories, that governments can spend their way out of a struggling economy. It is a “top-down” approach, as opposed to “bottom-up” practices of supporting small business growth and expansion via a reduced tax burden. The Cain-seian method of gardening is thinking you can use chemicals and supplements (and extra toil) to get nutrient-dense, natural fruits and vegetables. It seems to work, but there is a better way: bottom-up – soil regeneration via the covering.
[I know this is just a teaser, because there is so much more coming.]
Please pray about this project. Need to go to print this year. Amen?
DD
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