Selwyn’s introduction contains a key point which we must take to heart if we are to be fruitful in our journey: “God wants us to be free from bondage to money. He wants us to trust Him, not wealth.” There is a choice for all of us; we can either seek wealth to make the 80 [...]
Today’s study is a good follow-on from yesterday’s material on the six dangers that often arise out of our quest for wealth and power. Of the five important issues, that Selwyn writes about today, regarding Jesus’ teaching on money I think the last point is the key which unlocks the Christian heart and brings glory to [...]
I really liked today’s study – it summarises well the dangers of seeking wealth as an answer to our questions about security, fear and happiness. There is only one reliable and trustworthy answer – to love God and your neighbour, with all your heart, mind and soul. It’s perhaps worth while looking up each of [...]
Selwyn continues his study on money and the teaching Jesus gave about how we should treat money and possessions.  I think we need to be honest and admit to how nice it feels to have money and spend it on things we like. It provides us with a temporary level of satisfaction – a sense of [...]
Selwyn now looks at the question of money and will no doubt over the next few days, cover what sort of attitude we should have to money and possessions. I think it’s a matter of priorities. God must always come first, and love of God and love of our neighbour should always determine how we [...]
Selwyn looks at Jesus’ dramatic cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus is clearly challenging the authority of the High Priest and other priestly families who had allowed the Court of the Gentiles in the Temple to be used for commercial purposes (and, most likely there was some form of financial gain for them to allow [...]
All the way
We have reached the end of this particular study on “Tough Sayings from a Tender Heart”, it has bought many issues to the surface, don’t you agree? There is a myth floating around on the periphery of Christian communities that Jesus is ‘nice’ and His followers should be ‘nice’ to each other. There are many [...]
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