God wants us to depend on Him and His power through the circumstances of life. Material wealth and fame will not bring us satisfaction and hope. The only enduring hope we have is in the LORD.
The temptation to seek after the visible and temporal rather than the invisible and eternal is not new. Looking at 1 Samuel, we see that the Israelites struggled with this temptation in regard to their rulers.
In this session, Ken Boa discusses the biblical theme of money, using the timeless wisdom of Proverbs to derive certain principles that will help you understand the value of wealth as well as its limitations.
What we do with our money matters. The world tempts us to use money for earthly benefits, but there is a way to leverage temporal gain for the eternal.
Teaching on the issue of money and its power over us, Ken uses the images of a steward, shepherd, and servant to illustrate the proper role money should have in our lives.
Two main schools of thought drive economic theory today: classical and Keynesian. One is tethered more closely to biblical principles, while the other is not. It's important to learn the differences.