Podcast episode 80

Base Wages: The Problem with Selling Labor - Conley Owens

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Many say they aren't selling teaching, only their labor. Conley Owens shows how medieval theologians, Hus, Wycliffe and the Puritans rejected that excuse, and argues that ministry should be supported, not sold: honor and sustenance for the minister, not a wage for services.

(00:00) "I'm just selling my labor"

(01:25) Four views of how ministers are supported

(09:19) Hus and Wycliffe: "Simon's little cap"

(13:21) Labor is only valued for its fruit

(17:15) The Puritans: not wages but honor

(21:48) Support as sustenance of the laborer

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