Jesus Had A Strange Way Of Dealing With Money.

Did Jesus know how to handle money? He must have. He is the sovereign Lord who knows all things. However, the manner in which He dealt with money while He walked the earth is not at all how anyone on earth would. However, He had His reasons, as we shall discover. Let’s look at an...

Is Poverty Good or Evil? Part Two

  Is poverty good or evil? Why would anyone say, as I did in India, that it is God’s will for people—pastors, in this case—to be poor? The New Testament has much to say about poverty and wealth. Privation is never regarded as an evil, as it is currently in many cultures. A lack of...

Is Poverty Good or Evil? Part One (2 parts)

Is poverty good or evil? Is being poor ever something God would require? When we lived in India, we faced this issue one day with a group of pastors who were struggling with a desperate lack of funds. These men wondered if God wanted them to be poor. In fact, they asked me this very...