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Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Material Possessions is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread” (Proverbs 30:8). One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and the USA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving children on...

but to his son Isaac and grandson Jacob. Early on, 13:2 describes how wealthy Abram became as the first provisional fulfilment of this promise. The rest of the book of Genesis unfolds as a narrative of the various steps and obstacles to inheriting the promise, including the important material portion of that promise, the land of Canaan (Clines 1978). Along the way, the riches amassed by the patriarchs are highlighted several times (cf. 20:14–16; 24:35; 26:13; 30:43; 47:27). Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
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