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Widespread unemployment. Record home foreclosures. A vulnerable stock market. Government bailouts. In the wake of a sobering global recession, many Christians realize they need to rethink their approach to money. Here respected New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III explores what the Bible does--and doesn't--say about money. He clearly and concisely examines what Jesus and his earliest followers taught about wealth and poverty, money and debt, and tithing and sacrificial giving to help readers understand the proper role of money in modern Christian life. Along the way, he critiques the faith promise and health-and-wealth approaches to these issues, showing what good stewardship of God's possessions really looks like. Church study groups, pastors, church leaders, students, and all who are concerned about making sense of money in a world of economic uncertainty will value this book.
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Biblical StudiesTable of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- PREQUEL: RECONSIDERING THE VALUE OF MONEY IN HARD TIMES
- 1. “IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED . . .”: GETTING OUR BEARINGS
- 2. A KING’S RANSOM: PROVERBIAL WISDOM ON WEALTH
- 3. MONEY IN THE BARTERING WORLD OF JESUS
- 4. JESUS AND THE TREASURE HUNT
- 5. JAMES’S RICH WISDOM
- 6. WEALTH AND POVERTY IN LUKE-ACTS
- 7. PAUL—ON WORK, REMUNERATION, AND THE LOVE OF MONEY
- 8. JOHN OF PATMOS AND A NEWS FLASH FOR THE MERCHANTS AND MR. 666
- 9. TOWARDS A NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY OF MONEY, STEWARDSHIP, AND GIVING
- 10. DEPROGRAMMING OURSELVES FROM A LIFESTYLE OF CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION AND SELF-GRATIFICATION
- APPENDIX 1: TEN CHRISTIAN MYTHS ABOUT MONEY
- APPENDIX 2: “THE USE OF MONEY”: A SERMON BY JOHN WESLEY
- NOTES
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