Proverbs 10:22
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that is utterly confused about money. On the one hand, you have the greasy prosperity preachers, turning the grace of God into a cosmic slot machine. Put in your faith-quarter, pull the lever, and out comes a Cadillac. They treat God like a means to an end, and that end is almost always material. On the other hand, you have the sour-faced pietists, who act as though poverty were next to godliness and that there is something inherently sinful about a balanced checkbook. Both are reacting, and reacting badly, to the biblical truth about wealth. The Bible, and Proverbs in particular, is intensely practical. It is not afraid to talk about money, barns, presses, and income. But it always, always, puts these things in their proper covenantal context. Material things are never ultimate, but neither are they irrelevant.