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Does the Bible promise that God wants you to become a millionaire?  Or does it tell you that money is evil? 
Does it tell you that you will be rich if you tithe?  Or does it tell you that being rich will keep you out of heaven?
Here is my answer to every one of these [...]

While some Christians read their Bibles and believe that God wants them to be poor, other Christians read the same Bible and determine that God wants them to be rich.  
A prime example of a rich Christian is Kenneth Copeland, a televangelist who has built a religious empire teaching prosperity.
“Copeland, 71, is a pioneer of the [...]

Christian debt relief has become a significant topic in Christian churches as more and more Christians struggle with debt, foreclosure, and bad credit. How does Christian debt relate to Christian teachings about tithing and prosperity?
Money As Rotten Fish
The first answer is that the relationship is complicated. Money is such a complex topic in Christian history. [...]

The teachings of Jesus about money are always mixed up with political power. Of all the sayings of Jesus, the words, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s,” (Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20: 19-26) demonstrate clearly that money is always more than a matter of personal [...]

What the Bible says about the poor widow in the temple is often used as a model of sacrificial Christian giving.
This is what I learned in Sunday School. When I went to Sunday School, the major topic of many of our opening exercises was raising money for the poor. We made little church-shaped cardboard boxes [...]

Do the Beatitudes teach that Christian believers must be poor to get into Heaven?  One of the most common misunderstandings about what the Bible says about money is the idea that Jesus advocated poverty for believers, based on the words “blessed are the poor.”
The statement, “blessed are the poor,” occurs in the Beatitudes in both [...]

Perhaps the most well-known words from the Bible are the “Lord’s Prayer.” Versions of the prayer occur in both the “The Sermon On The Mount” in Matthew 6:9-13 and “the Sermon on the Plain” in Luke 11:1-4. Although it is not immediately obvious to most people who pray this prayer, this prayer is deeply concerned [...]

By Kalinda Rose Stevenson, PhD
Many Christians confidently point to their Bibles and claim that Ephesians 5:22 commands wives to submit to their husbands.
This idea is particularly relevant right now because of Mike Huckabee’s campaign for the Republican nomination for President.
In June 1998, The Southern Baptist Convention made an official statement to declare that “a wife [...]

The Bible is a controversial book because people have such
different beliefs about it. Some treat it as literal truth.
Some regard it as literature and moral guidance. Others
think that it is all nonsense.
No matter what you believe about the validity of the Bible,
the Bible continues to affect what people believe about many
important topics, such as the [...]

By Kalinda Rose Stevenson, Ph.D. 
If there is anyone who personified the essence of the dubious Christian belief that Jesus wants you to be broke, it was Mother Teresa.
For years, she was widely revered as an example of Christian selflessness. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in Calcutta among the poorest of [...]