{"id":957,"date":"2010-01-28T17:23:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2010\/01\/new-years-resolve-jesus-and-money-part-nine.html"},"modified":"2010-01-28T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:23:27","slug":"new-years-resolve-jesus-and-money-part-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2010\/01\/new-years-resolve-jesus-and-money-part-nine.html","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Resolve: Jesus and Money Part Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<form mt:asset-id=\"10393\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/assets_c\/2009\/12\/Jesusmoney-thumb-400x400-10353-thumb-400x400-10354-thumb-400x400-10359-thumb-400x400-10360-thumb-400x400-10368-thumb-400x400-10371-thumb-400x400-10372-thumb-400x400-10373.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Jesusmoney.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/12\/Jesusmoney-thumb-400x400-10353-thumb-400x400-10354-thumb-400x400-10359-thumb-400x400-10360-thumb-400x400-10368-thumb-400x400-10371-thumb-400x400-10372-thumb-400x400-10373-thumb-400x400-10393.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/form>\n<div><font color=\"navy\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brazospress.com\/Book.asp?isbn=978-1-58743-274-3\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.brazospress.com\/Book.asp?isbn=978-1-58743-274-3<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><font color=\"navy\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/isbn=1587432749\/bakerbookhouseA\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/isbn=1587432749\/bakerbookhouseA<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><font color=\"navy\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p>A major part of the deprogramming that is needed for Christians in the West has to do with having a critical approach to capitalism. <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"><link rel=\"File-List\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CBEN%7E1.WIT%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"City\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>  <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>  <w:Compatibility>   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>   <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>   <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>   <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>  <\/w:Compatibility>  <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=\"ieooui\"><\/object>\n\n<style>st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style><!-- \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\tmargin:0in;\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\tfont-size:12.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}@page Section1\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\tmso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1\t{page:Section1;}--><\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n<style> \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\tmso-para-margin:0in;\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\tfont-size:10.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}<\/style>\n\n<![endif]-->&nbsp; The Bible does notpresent us with either communistic or capitalistic options when it comes to theeconomy.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>There is a theological reasonas well as a historical one for this.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The theory of property in the Bible is that God is the owner of allthings.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Neither the government, nor thepeople, nor private individuals really own anything when it comes to theBible.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Rather, we are all just stewardsof God&#8217;s property, and God can do what he likes with it. The question is&#8211;Are wein tune with his preferences about such matters?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\">One of thequestions the Biblical theology of property raises is what to do with people wedeal with who are not Christians and assume that there really is such a thingas private property.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>One approach is tomake a mental distinction on your own between personal property, things God hasbequeathed to you personally, and private property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\">If the philosophy ofcapitalism is &#8220;what&#8217;s mine is mine, and if I choose to share it, I amphilanthropic&#8221; and the philosophy of communism is &#8220;what&#8217;s yours is actuallyours and we must confiscate it or treat it as public property&#8221; neither of thesephilosophical approaches to property will do from a Christian point ofview.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Christians need to constantly beassessing what good stewardship of the personal property we have from God lookslike. We need to regularly ask&#8211;&#8216;God what would you have me do with this?&#8217;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8216;Why have you given it to me?&#8217;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Too often the assumption of the Health andWealth preachers is that one is simply in the &#8216;bless me&#8217; club and that is theend of the discussion.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>But in fact, as Paulso aptly reminds us, most of the time we are blessed to be a blessing toothers, which is precisely why we must keep asking why this or that has beengiven to us?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Gratitude is not enough asa response to grace.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Responsibility, andinquiring after the purpose and function of a gift is in order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\">We must be honestthat there are some severe problems with capitalism, even free marketcapitalism from a Christian point of view, not the least of which is that itleads to endless focus on &#8216;making money&#8217; and buying new things to keep the economygoing, and &#8220;God bless our standard of living&#8221;.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>It has led to the lust for ever cheaper goods, even at the expense ofhomegrown mom and pop companies going out of business because most everythingmust be out-sourced so we can still have &#8220;those low, low prices.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>I must confess though that I have mixedfeelings about this, because we do now have a global economy, and I have noproblems with other countries improving the lot in life of their people throughmy purchases. That&#8217;s fine by me.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>But inthe 21rst century we must be global Christians in any case, and that means wemust care about the well being of the world in general, and Christian worldwidein particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\">Having said this,it is clear enough to me that capitalism is probably the lesser of two evils ifthe alternative is communism, especially Marxist communism.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>I have spent enough time teaching in formerlycommunistic countries to see how it did not benefit the people in anyappreciable way, indeed it kept most of them in poverty.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>And the issue is not just democracy vs.communism. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>I am clear that the former asa political system is more Biblical than the latter especially when it comes tothe issue of religious freedom.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The largerissue is the Marxist economic system of absolute state control, vs. othermodels.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>I find it difficult tounderstand why so many Biblical scholars think Marxist analysis and process andeconomic theory is more in accord with the NT than other theories.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Indeed, it would seem to me that the John ofPatmos who critiqued <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Rome<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>and its economic slave based totalitarian economy, would have had about thesame reaction and critique of anti-Christian Marxist governments and theirtotalitarian centrally organized economies as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\">Reflecting a bit more about capitalism, there are several components that require critical scrutiny from a Biblical point of view: 1) the profit at all costs motive; 2) the charging whatever the traffic will bear model (which in some cases means prices 100% over cost, or more); 3) making money off of other peoples misery or making things that are deleterious to a person&#8217;s health; 4) making money being seen as the chief end and aim of all work.&nbsp; I have a lot more to say about this last subject in a forthcoming book with Eerdmans on a Biblical theology of work, but clearly a Biblical theology of money must be seen within the large context of a Biblical theology of the purpose, ends, and aims of work. 5) the whole problem with usury, especially when practiced by Christians on the backs of other Christians.&nbsp; The Bible has very specific things to say about charging your neighbor obscene rates of interest for something, and it is opposed to it.&nbsp; Jesus likewise critiques such practices in the the parable of the wicked steward. &nbsp; My point at this juncture is that when one examines various aspects of the &#8216;free-market capitalistic system, there are ethical problems with it from a Biblical point of view.&nbsp; Not all Christian economists will agree about what these problems are or their extent, but here I am simply pointing out that godless and unethical capitalism is no better than godless communism or socialism.&nbsp;&nbsp; Christians must think through issues of money, work, and economic in a consistently Biblical way.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of the time, there is no such reflection going on.&nbsp; Its time to resolve to repent and do better on all of this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.brazospress.com\/Book.asp?isbn=978-1-58743-274-3 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/isbn=1587432749\/bakerbookhouseA &nbsp; A major part of the deprogramming that is needed for Christians in the West has to do with having a critical approach to capitalism. &nbsp; The Bible does notpresent us with either communistic or capitalistic options when it comes to theeconomy.&nbsp; There is a theological reasonas well as a historical one for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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