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THE IMPORTANCE OF WEALTH ACCUMULATION
Brian Fikkert • When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
With every step that a person takes and every word he utters in his efforts to make a living he should have in mind that his purpose in making a profit is to be able to give money to charity. Charity is the tikkun for business activity
Rabbi Nathan of Breslov • Advice - Likutey Etzot
Give whatever you have been blessed with.
Joel Manby • Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders
We own what we are willing to share. That is tzedakah: charity as justice.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
So what should we do with the things we own? There are many good things to do, all of which can glorify God. One good “use” of our resources—paradoxically—is that we should give some of them away!
Wayne Grudem • Business for the Glory of God
I did a ton of research on tithes and offerings in Scripture, and discovered they are unmistakably intended to be used for redistributing resources to the poor and not to go toward buildings and staff for the church. I quoted the church fathers and mothers, who had much to say about the shameful use of church offerings for anything other than Jubil
... See moreShane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
