Saturday, November 28, 2015

Cahn: Jesus commanded us to engage in productive economic activity


Austin activist Adam Cahn gives us a sober reminder this Sunday that Jesus' teaching on wealth is often misunderstood and is sometimes misapplied in political discourse:
We understand that people will take scripture out of context to suit their agenda, but that doesn't lead to a productive discussion.  Nowhere is this more true than with Jesus' discussion of money in the Gospels.  Consider the following: 
1. People LOVE to talk about how, at times, Jesus didn't have a lot of money (Matthew 8:20), but they neglect to mention that He had A LOT of rich friends: 
For Adam's other two, see http://acahnman.blogspot.com/2015/11/three-popular-misconceptions-regarding.html

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