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Christian History Magazine—Issue 19: Money in Christian History: Part II is unavailable, but you can change that!

Over the centuries, Christians have been persuaded to “sacrificially” finance massive construction projects, armed military invasions, corrupt ecclesiastical bureaucracies, and all manner of missionary outreaches. Businessmen have held lofty aspirations of “doing great things for God” with their riches, while ascetics have denied themselves comfort towards the maintenance of piety. What does it...

Where our treasure is, there is our trust, our security, our consolation and our God. Hoarding is idolatry. But where are we to draw the line between legitimate use and unlawful accumulation? Let us reverse the word of Jesus and our question is answered: “Where thy heart is, there shall thy treasure be also.” Our treasure may of course be small and inconspicuous, but its size is immaterial; it all depends on the heart, on ourselves. And if we ask how we are to know where our hearts are, the answer