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