Comments on: Should Christians Sell Everything They Have? http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/should-christians-sell-everything-they-have/ Frugal, Simple, Debt-Free Living, and Generous Giving Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Natalie http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/should-christians-sell-everything-they-have/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Natalie Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:41:32 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/should-christians-sell-everything-they-have/#comment-1564 M'mm tough one here “The LOVE of money is the root of all evil” i would put it another way, Give what you can that way you make more and keep giving more. Its all in our head.. <a href="http://Youthforjesus.com/2010/01/precise-formulas-to-fix-anything/" rel="nofollow"> Youth for Jesus | Formulas To Fix Anything </a> Natalie Youth For Jesus .-= Natalie´s last blog ..<a href="http://youthforjesus.com/2010/01/precise-formulas-to-fix-anything/" rel="nofollow">Precise Formulas to Fix Anything</a> =-. M’mm tough one here “The LOVE of money is the root of all evil” i would put it another way, Give what you can that way you make more and keep giving more. Its all in our head.. Youth for Jesus | Formulas To Fix Anything

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]]> By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/should-christians-sell-everything-they-have/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Kevin@OutOfYourRut Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:09:17 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/should-christians-sell-everything-they-have/#comment-1509 Good catch on this Craig. I think a lot of believers get hung up on these teachings and experience unnecessary guilt in connection with money. Another verse says "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil", so it isn't that money itself is cursed, but rather our attachment to it. Jesus instructed the rich young ruler to sell all he had and follow him precisely because he knew where the man's loyalties were. It wasn't a general directive for all followers. It's interesting how there's a tension among believers between a perceived need to abandon money and anything connected with it, vs. the prosperity gospel, which is a perversion of equal weight, but in the opposite direction. (I can see myself in the rich young ruler in a number of ways!) .-= Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last blog ..<a href="http://outofyourrut.com/blog/2010/01/10/restaurant-tipping-how-much-and-when/" rel="nofollow">Restaurant Tipping – How Much and When?</a> =-. Good catch on this Craig. I think a lot of believers get hung up on these teachings and experience unnecessary guilt in connection with money.

Another verse says “The LOVE of money is the root of all evil”, so it isn’t that money itself is cursed, but rather our attachment to it. Jesus instructed the rich young ruler to sell all he had and follow him precisely because he knew where the man’s loyalties were. It wasn’t a general directive for all followers.

It’s interesting how there’s a tension among believers between a perceived need to abandon money and anything connected with it, vs. the prosperity gospel, which is a perversion of equal weight, but in the opposite direction.

(I can see myself in the rich young ruler in a number of ways!)
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