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The Matthew Principle

4 December 2022 By David Trounce 1 Comment

The Matthew Principle - Sermo Humilis

The Matthew Principle, sometimes known as the Matthew Effect is a concept used in education and economics to describe the principles governing growth or decline. It's based on the words of Jesus in Matthew's Gospel 13:12. The principle is used reliably in the world of economics … [Read more...] about The Matthew Principle

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.