The Divine Ledger

di James Havis (Autore)

The King's Ledger, 2026

What if the technology disrupting modern finance and the ancient promise of the Kingdom of God are reaching for the same thing — a ledger that cannot be corrupted?In an age when trust has gone missing — from banks, governments, media, even the church — a quiet revolution is rewriting the rules of who we believe and why. Blockchain technology, the engine behind Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, promises something humanity has hungered for since Eden: a record of truth no single power can rewrite, a community of strangers held together by transparency instead of force, a covenant of consensus instead of coercion. Sound familiar?In The Divine Ledger, James Havis sets two worlds side by side — the architecture of decentralization built by Satoshi Nakamoto's cypherpunk heirs, and the 2,000-year-old promise pulsing through the Sermon on the Mount, the book of Acts, and the visions of Revelation. The result is one of the most unexpected explorations of Christianity and technology you will ever read.This is not a book that baptizes Bitcoin or theologizes blockchain. It is something stranger and more interesting: a wide-eyed chase after a single question — what if human engineering, at its best, faintly echoes the architecture of a Kingdom designed by divine hands?Across twelve chapters, you will discover:— Why the Genesis block of Bitcoin contains a hidden message that echoes the prophet Jeremiah's strangest act of faith— How smart contracts illuminate the biblical theology of covenant — and why every covenant in Scripture is a kind of immutable code— Why decentralization is not just an engineering choice but a theological instinct planted in us by a God who refuses to be controlled— What the cryptographic principle of consensus reveals about the early Christian community in Acts 4— How transparency and immutability in blockchain reflect attributes Scripture has always ascribed to the God before whom nothing is hidden— Why the desire for an incorruptible record points beyond technology to eschatology — the end times economy of the Kingdom that cannot be shaken— How to live as a citizen of the only ledger that truly cannot be corruptedThe Divine Ledger speaks to two audiences at once. To the skeptical technologist who built Web3 because the old institutions failed, it offers a stunning observation: the very things you are trying to engineer — trust, transparency, decentralization, immutability — are what Scripture has been promising for millennia. To the curious believer wondering whether faith and the future are really at war, it offers a different lens: maybe the cryptocurrency revolution is not the enemy of Christian witness but an unexpected apologetic for it.Drawing on covenant theology, biblical worldview thinking, and a working knowledge of cryptography and blockchain consensus, James Havis has written a book that will be read by pastors and programmers, theologians and traders. Readers of Tim Keller, Andy Crouch, and N.T. Wright will find a fresh voice carrying old truths into the language of a new age. Readers exploring

• Autore: James Havis
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: The King's Ledger
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235844193