Sermons on Money
oney can buy. Some teachers within the church encourage believers to do the same. But the Bible has a very different outlook. It warns that the love of money is the road to ruin and destruction.
Matthew 6:19-34 God’s Old Testament people wrongly thought they could serve the Lord and the gods of the nations. As Christians in the affluent West there is a real danger of making the same mistake. But Jesus is clear that ‘You cannot serve God and money’. What are the signs that I may be trying to?
Matthew 6:19-34 God’s Old Testament people wrongly thought they could serve the Lord and the gods of the nations. As Christians in the affluent West there is a real danger of making the same mistake. But Jesus is clear that ‘You cannot serve God and money’. What are the signs that I may be trying to?
Money Bill and Melinda Gates have helped found ‘The Giving Pledge’, encouraging billionaires to give half their wealth away and to ‘give more, give sooner and give smarter.’ In our better moments humans sense we were created to give. Listen in as we think this through and see Christians have been re-created to give too.
Money We tend to think making money is the hard part and that spending it is much easier! But we also know there are lots of competing demands on our finite resources. Listen in as we think through how Jesus would have us achieve balance between all those good options.
2 Cor 8:1-9 Explicitly or implicitly, our culture screams: ‘it’s all about the money’. We want the power, the status, the security it brings. Listen in as Paul gives the Corinthians a better way – a way marked by giving, not getting.
VariousMoney is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. What is a good gift from God can easily become a god that destroys us. Which is it in our lives? How do we know? And how do we change?
VariousMoney is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. What is a good gift from God can easily become a god that destroys us. Which is it in our lives? How do we know? And how do we change?
One Thing in Common Akeel Sachak is global head of consumer at Rothschild. In this interview he shares how he came to Christian faith from a culturally Muslim background and how his faith impacts his work. This interview is accompanied by a short talk entitled ‘what did Jesus do with his money?’