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Counterfeit Gods

We don’t tend to think of ourselves as idolaters, we associate idols with shrines and statues, but in Ezekiel 14 God’s complaint against the elders in Israel is that they had ‘set up idols in their [...]

Neither Poverty nor Riches: A biblical theology of possessions

Neither Poverty nor Riches is the best book about wealth I have ever read. It is practical, comprehensive, scholarly, balanced and thoroughly biblical. Blomberg’s central point is a simple one: that extreme poverty and extreme wealth [...]

Money matters: students standing out for Christ on campus

This year students will leave university with an average debt of £13,501. Those starting in 2009 will pay over £3,000 per year just on tuition fees. Not surprisingly, in a recent survey, 59% of students said [...]

Sacrificial giving for ordinary people

The Oxford dictionary defines the word sacrifice as ‘the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy’. My own experience I can testify that my parents certainly knew [...]

Economic ruin and restoration

A while after God called me to preach He opened a door in Bude, Cornwall where we had a vision to begin a church. We needed finances to live so I started my own insurance-broking business. [...]

The correct use of money: lessons from the book of Amos

When I started my final pastorate in 1984 there were only nine church members. Most of them were not in employment. Even though I received no pay, it was still difficult to find enough money to [...]

£21,640

There are over 2,350 verses in the Bible that relate to managing money, debt, wealth and possessions. Jesus spoke about these issues more than anything else and they represent approximately 8% of the Bible but are [...]

Parents, children and money

When my only daughter was born I remember, as a natural pessimist, thinking, ‘Ahh! One day she’ll be a teenager! But, phew, not for a while yet!’. Now, as she is approaching the last stages of [...]

How should Christians give?

I was once quizzed by a man whose adult daughter had become a Christian and applied for church membership. He himself was not a church-goer and had many questions. One was, ‘What will she have to [...]

Money, money, money

So sang ABBA back in 1978, and they continued: All the things I could do If I had a little money: It’s a rich man’s world. Times don’t change much, do they? Nor do the men [...]