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Originally Posted by Kevin
What is Christian about being smart with money?
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Well, while I would not say that being smart with money is a uniquely Christian principle by any means, I would say that being a good steward of one's possessions, including money, is a practice and a perspective that is firmly rooted in the Christian tradition. That is certainly the religious perspective that we are trying to teach our children.
That said, I tend to have the same kind of reaction as you to enterprises that peddle things like financial planning or money management based on "Biblical principles" to churches and church members. LouisaMay, I'm glad Crown working for you, but unless part of the Road Map includes things like "give away all you have," "it's easier for a camel to enter the eye of the needle," "blessed are the poor," and "woe unto you who are rich," I'm afraid I'd have to question just how Biblical the principles are.
But perhaps I am judging it unfairly -- admitedly I know little about it. I suppose I have just become jaded by all the "preachers" who have assured their flocks that God wants us all to be prosperous.
Congrats, AOX81 and Billy.