Rund 50% unserer Tageszeit denken wir über Geld nach – wie wir es bekommen, ausgeben, sparen, investieren oder leihen können. Auch in der Bibel und den Aussagen Jesu geht es erstaunlich oft um Besitz: 16 der 38 Gleichnisse Jesu handeln vom Umgang mit irdischen Schätzen.
Wenn es um den Umgang mit unserem Geld geht, steht unsere Glaubwürdigkeit als Christen auf dem Spiel. Deshalb müssen wir mit dem Geld wie Verwalter umgehen – denn unser Geld gehört Gott. Aber als Verwalter von Gottes Geld haben wir einen Feind: Die Welt und ihre Werbemacher wollen, dass wir unser eigenes Geld und sogar geliehene Kredite für Konsum ausgeben und nichts abgeben. Aber Materialismus und Habsucht sind Götzen – und Geben ist seliger als Nehmen.
Dieses Buch zeigt den biblischen Weg und weckt den Wunsch, ihn zu gehen. Einige Themen:
• Welche Einstellung zum Geld und lehrt die Bibel?
• Wie sollen wir Geld erwerben, sparen, anlegen, ausgeben und spenden?
• Wie widerstehen wir den Verlockungen der Welt?
• Lehrt die Bibel den Zehnten?
• Was ist mit Glückspielen und Lotterie?
• Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Wohlstand und Großzügigkeit?
John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a fifth-generation preacher who serves as a pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also a prolific author, conference speaker, and is president of The Master's College and Seminary. MacArthur received a B.A. from Los Angeles Pacific College, his M.Div. from Talbot Theological Seminary, Litt.D. at Grace Graduate School, and D.D. from Talbot Theological Seminary. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he regularly teaches Expository Preaching at the seminary and frequently speaks in chapel.
MacArthur's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, audiotapes, and CDs by John MacArthur. In thirty-six years of ministry, Grace to You has distributed more than thirteen million CDs and audiotapes.
John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the President of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Theologically, MacArthur is a conservative far-right Baptist, a strong proponent of expository preaching, a dispensationalist and a self-described Calvinist. He has been acknowledged by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live as representative of an evangelical Christian perspective.
MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award. Other best-selling books include his MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series (more than 1 million copies), Twelve Ordinary Men, (more than 500,000 copies), and the children's book A Faith to Grow On, which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award.
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