Materialism is money centered and thing centered rather than God centered. As we’ll see in subsequent chapters, it has no place in the Christian life. The other extreme is asceticism. Asceticism sees money and things as evil. To the ascetic, the less you own, the more spiritual you are. If something isn’t essential, you shouldn’t have it. Materialism and asceticism are rooted in equally wrong views of money and possessions. Martin Luther compared humanity to a drunkard who falls off his horse to