For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21
“North American Christians are seeing the retirement (and expiration) of a generation that was more financially committed and the subsequent transfer of wealth to a generation known for its greed rather than its generosity, to be followed by a generation of non-churchgoers…Rather than generosity or its lack, however, the core problem appears to be a scandal of the evangelical heart in North America, where it seems that God’s people increasingly love the world and seek its approval more than they love and seek the approval of the Savior.”
A. Scott Moreau and Gary R. Corwin in Introducing World Missions, Second Edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015) 269-70.
Jenni and I are now in Sha Tin, New Territories. Early this morning I took some time to prepare my thoughts for preaching and teaching this Sunday in three settings at two prominent Hong Kong congregations. Pray with me that as I lead with transparency about the sins related to money in my own part of the world, that God’s Word will convict hearers of their sins linked to money here in Asia. And let us all resolve to “love and seek the approval of the Savior” in word and deed.