Balancing Wealth and Compassion

Sermon on the Mount E28 – In his third teaching on money, Jesus issues a warning about elevating wealth to the position of God in our lives. To describe wealth, Jesus uses the word “mammon,” which can be translated as “the thing in which you trust.” What happens when we put our trust in our wealth? And what can it look like to be free from the love of money? In this episode, Tim and Jon and special guests explore the power we give our possessions and the upside-down wisdom that sharing, not hoarding, gives us the security we’re seeking. 

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Timestamps 

• Chapter 1: Ultimate Value and Allegiance (0:00-9:32)
• Chapter 2: What is Mammon? (9:54-15:16)
• Chapter 3: Unrighteous Mammon (15:16-25:00)
• Chapter 4: Can Wealth and Justice Coexist? (25:00-39:29)
• Chapter 5: The Story of Bishop Hannington Bahemuka (39:29-1:01:03)

Referenced Resources

• The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism (Jordan Lectures) by David Daube
• Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible by Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking & Pieter W. van der Horst
• Jesus, a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story by Sean Freyne
• Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience our entire library of resources in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• Original Sermon on the Mount music by Richie Kohen
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

Show Credits

Stephanie Tam is the lead producer for today’s show, and Tim Mackie is the lead scholar. Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer; Cooper Peltz, managing producer; and Colin Wilson, producer. Aaron Olsen and Tyler Bailey edited today's episode. Tyler Bailey also provided our sound design and mix and served as supervising engineer. Nina Simone does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Special thanks to Bishop Bahemuka Hannington. Today’s hosts are Jon Collins and Michelle Jones. 

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