THE SEDUCTION OF WEALTH When Money Becomes a God/Craig L. Blomberg

The desire for greater and greater wealth is a major seduction to sin through the Scriptures. Riches per se are not sinful, nor even the desire to acquire them, so long as they…

WEALTH AND POVERTY IN PROVERBS AND ECCLESIASTES/Philip E. Satterthwaite

A hermeneutic that sees wisdom teaching as designed to stimulate further reflection rather than put an end to discussion may conclude that Proverbs and Ecclesiastes have more in…

JESUS’ BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY AND RICHES IN THE GOSPELS/Jason J. Lim

This article attempts to make a thorough study on Christ Jesus' biblical and theological views on poverty and riches and their implications. Although Jesus' message of the kingdom…

THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF WEALTH Some Reflections from Revelation 18 /Eileen Poh Chu Luan

Richard Bauckham's article, "The Economic Critique of Rome in Revelation" has underscored the economic significance of Revelation 18. This paper focuses on two economic aspects of…