Series of important articles on New Testament and money.
Articles:
Hard Sayings of Jesus. [see below…]
Investing in What Lasts.
Enjoying Creation – Within Limits
Called to Share
The Christian Ideal
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Hard Sayings of Jesus:
1) Are Christians any different than non-believers?
a) Jesus has radical views on money.
b) Christians spend pretty much like everyone else.
3) Hard sayings of Jesus. [CT, 5/12/89, p.28]
a) Harder for rich than camel through needle’s eye. Mt 19:16-30
b) Give up all to be my disciple. Luke 14:25-33
1> Not just willingness, but abandonment.
c) Treasure and heart, God vs. Mammon.
4) Balancing statements.
a) Rich believers in NT. Lk 19:1-10
b) Command to carry purses. Lk 22:35-36
5) Wealth creates a false sense of security.
a) We cannot avoid a continual tension.
“The Cross covers precisely the distance, for each of us, between what we
attain and what God demands – between our striving and our arriving.”
b) How much to give away? More.