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Money Matters
One of the marks of religious fanaticism is seeing everything in black and white. Fanatics are extremely sure of themselves and know exactly who their enemies are. Without getting too political, you are where you are in large part because of religious fanaticism.
One of the marks of religious sanity is to be aware of the dangers of extremes on both sides and to keep steering for the middle. Take money, for instance. Some Christians are so disgusted by pressure and begging and bribing to get them to give more money to the church that they turn off to it all. Every church and televangelist money scandal just makes it worse. Some people refuse to listen to any Bible talk about money.
But that’s an extreme position to take. God’s Word is full of stories and teaching about money and wealth, and rightly so. It’s a big part of everybody’s life--of course God has some important things to say about it. Money matters!
Sanity, by the way, isn’t a synonym for leniency. As believers we willingly bind ourselves to everything God has to say in his Word. Do you know what he says? Let’s look together. . . .
One of the marks of religious fanaticism is seeing everything in black and white. Fanatics are extremely sure of themselves and know exactly who their enemies are. Without getting too political, you are where you are in large part because of religious fanaticism.
One of the marks of religious sanity is to be aware of the dangers of extremes on both sides and to keep steering for the middle. Take money, for instance. Some Christians are so disgusted by pressure and begging and bribing to get them to give more money to the church that they turn off to it all. Every church and televangelist money scandal just makes it worse. Some people refuse to listen to any Bible talk about money.
But that’s an extreme position to take. God’s Word is full of stories and teaching about money and wealth, and rightly so. It’s a big part of everybody’s life--of course God has some important things to say about it. Money matters!
Sanity, by the way, isn’t a synonym for leniency. As believers we willingly bind ourselves to everything God has to say in his Word. Do you know what he says? Let’s look together. . . .
About this Plan
The experience of serving your country overseas--and sometimes seeing firsthand man’s inhumanity to man--may teach you important lessons about life while turning your stomach at the same time. But recognize that God has an even better way for us to learn life wisdom, a way that continually draws us closer to him no matter how far from family or church we might be. Because of his great love for us, he would much rather make us wiser through words. In this way we wouldn’t be sadder but wiser; we would be wiser and happier. The Bible’s book of Proverbs is an absolute gold mine of wisdom for the daily decisions you must make. It will help you develop your personal values and tune your life’s agenda more closely to resemble God’s.
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