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Best of Talking Money: A Biblical Relationship with Money

Show aired on February 12th, 2022

Highlights from show originally aired December 4, 2021

What does the Bible say about money? John Dodd, Senior Private Wealth Advisor in the Nashville office of Ronald Blue Trust, joins Mike to discuss how you can develop a biblical relationship with money.

Money is a tool God gives us to grow His kingdom. It is not a source of contentment or a measure of biblical success. We should use it to meet our needs, save for emergencies, and give generously. But what exactly does all that look like?

Looking at three main points and principles:

  1. God has set eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11). We are hard-wired to find contentment in God alone.
  2. The eye is never satisfied with seeing nor the ear with hearing (Ecclesiastes 1:8). We seek contentment in the things of this world instead.
  3. Our God is a jealous god, a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:14). God will not compete with money.

Materialism and “keeping up with the Joneses” can entrap and ensnare us. It is not how God has called us to live. Mike and John also discuss several questions and principles to help us become free from the entanglements of materialism and consumerism:

  • How should Christians think through financial decisions?
  • Is it wrong to have nice things?
  • What should we think about tithing?
  • When I get an increase in wealth, how should I adjust my standards of living and giving?

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