Daily Bread Biblical Economics Summary
Biblical Economics: A Commonsense Guide to our Daily Bread The neat thing about this book is that it teaches lessons on economics from the standpoint of a Christian and the way we should handle our money and look at economics from a God centered outlook. The book starts off by talking about how God has made man to have to dominion over the earth and to be a steward of what we have here on Earth. That stewardship includes money and how we deal with it. The writer of the book warns us that we should not be totally materialistic and think that earthly materials are the end all, but he also warns that we should not pull ourselves out of the world and away from all things, and in this case money. We must realize that the material world is
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Dr. Sproul Jr. writes how there is simple thought mistake that all people make when they encounter debt. That thought is that what we buy or consume today will we will produce tomorrow. That tells us not to assume anything about the future and by thinking that we will are able to produce tomorrow what we consume today is not good. He goes on to talk about how Christians should handle the extreme poverty in the world. The Bible clearly states that we should be taking care of the poor and the needy, but as Christians we should be encouraging the poor and help the poor to get jobs and get new lives by going in the work force. Along these same lines Dr. Sproul goes on the fight the idea of socialism where the wealth of a rich man is the poverty of a poor man. Many people misunderstand equality for equity. The Bible states equity, which is fairness, justice and impartiality whereas Socialism calls for equality which is likeness, evenness and uniformity. Each man should have the same fair opportunity to make money, but an individual should not have their wealth that they worked for given to those you don’t have as much. Dr. Sproul Jr. believes that a true biblical good government provides the people to have the chance to start a business and make money, but does not take the wealth of one man and redistribute it to others so each individual is equal in their state of
Dr. Sproul Jr. writes how there is simple thought mistake that all people make when they encounter debt. That thought is that what we buy or consume today will we will produce tomorrow. That tells us not to assume anything about the future and by thinking that we will are able to produce tomorrow what we consume today is not good. He goes on to talk about how Christians should handle the extreme poverty in the world. The Bible clearly states that we should be taking care of the poor and the needy, but as Christians we should be encouraging the poor and help the poor to get jobs and get new lives by going in the work force. Along these same lines Dr. Sproul goes on the fight the idea of socialism where the wealth of a rich man is the poverty of a poor man. Many people misunderstand equality for equity. The Bible states equity, which is fairness, justice and impartiality whereas Socialism calls for equality which is likeness, evenness and uniformity. Each man should have the same fair opportunity to make money, but an individual should not have their wealth that they worked for given to those you don’t have as much. Dr. Sproul Jr. believes that a true biblical good government provides the people to have the chance to start a business and make money, but does not take the wealth of one man and redistribute it to others so each individual is equal in their state of