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Walter Brueggemann - Kingdom vs. Cash? (N153)

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The Tension Between Money and Possessions in the Bible

In the imagination of Jews and Christians he functions as a metaphor for dominant abusive power. The Exodus narrative is shown to be repeatedly contemporary in the Old Testament itself. For this theme of money and possessions to consistently emerge in the Bible I'm assuming that all the authors must have realized a clear tension between money and possessions and a relationship with God. Why are the two so opposed do you think?

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