By: Editorial: Our blind spot | The Briefing
[...] spot for this particular man is one many of us share in our comfortable, middle-class Christianity. Phil Colgan points out in this issue that greed (which is idolatry) really is the besetting sin...
View ArticleBy: Hamish Blair
Excellent comment, Phil – we should be figuring out how to use not only our income statements for ministry, but also our balance sheets. Using the assets God has blessed us with, such as houses, is...
View ArticleBy: Leslie Miller
You are exactly right! Love everything you have said. Any minister in Sydney should lean hard into preaching against Greed. I think the reason people give more in the U.S. (particularly in the Southern...
View ArticleBy: Natalie Swann
I thought this was a really great reflection on money – I particularly found the calls to a radical contentment and to radical generosity compelling. I offer this reflection in the spirit of having...
View ArticleBy: Is My Giving Weighed And Found Wanting? « Geoff Chapman
[...] wonderful, challenging post about our attitude to finance and giving over at Matthias Media here: http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2012/11/leading-in-finances , I would highly recommend reading...
View ArticleBy: Dan
As with many of the elements of prudent financial stewardship, the element of home ownership or having a “massive proportion of people’s wealth tied up in their home” as the article puts it, is not...
View ArticleBy: Leslie Miller
On average the American mortage is 2.5 to 3 times their annual salary. In Australia it is 8 times their annual salary. Mortage stress is much more real, and because of stamp duty it is much more costly...
View ArticleBy: Matt
Very good article! Only one thing missing in the list at the end of radical discipleship: as well as our practical response including things like contentment, thankfulness, generosity etc., there also...
View ArticleBy: Jared Lidgerwood
Natalie, That’s very interesting. I think the issue of whether both parents in a family should work is interesting. I think a generation or two ago, people were excited about having the choice to work....
View ArticleBy: Dannii
I think more discretion with the example numbers used in this article could have been wise. $65K/month is far out of reach for churches in my area of Australia — many of your international readers...
View ArticleBy: Ian R I Cox
I would like comments on how self-funded retirees are to handle their substantial funds. Keep enough to live on for the next 3? 5? 10? 20? years and give away the balance, or leave it for their...
View ArticleBy: Joshua Bovis
Phil, Thankyou for your thoughtful article on a subject that is very relevant. But your comments pertaining to mothers going back to paid employment I find rather concerning. Firstly, It seems that you...
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