How Should I Think about Money? - Part 1 - Taking Care of Our House

Sep 28, 2026

An introduction to Christian stewardship through the lens of economics, linking the New Testament idea of being a servant before Christ with the broader management of resources. The text explains how economics extends beyond money, taxes, and business into ethical and emotional concerns that shape public debate. It frames resource use—including education, unborn children, and policy materials—as the central concern of stewardship, emphasizing the verbal and conceptual relationship between stewardship and economics.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages84

Reading Time3 h 32 min

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One Taking Care of Our House

Two Reasons for Poverty

Three The Building of Wealth

Four The Theory of Value

Five What Is Money?

Six Inflation

Seven Interest

Eight Participating in Ownership

How Should I Think aboutMoney? R.C.SPROUL How Should I Think about Money? x Crucial Questions booklets provide a quickintroduction to definitive Christian truths.Thisexpanding collection includes titles such as: Who Is Jesus? Can I Trust the Bible? Does Prayer Change Things? Can I Know God's Will? How Should I Live in This World? What Does It Mean to Be Born Again? Can I Be Sure I'm Saved? What Is Faith? What Can I Do with My Guilt? What Is the Trinity? TO BROWSE THE REST OF THE SERIES,PLEASE VISIT:REFORMATIONTRUST.COM/CQ CQ # How Should I Think aboutMoney? R.C.SPROUL R Reformation Trust A DIV1SION OF LIGONIER MINISTRIES,ORLANDO,FL How Should IThink about Money?⑥2016 by R.C.Sproul Published by Reformation TrustPublishinga division of Ligonier Ministries421 LigonierCourt,Sanford,FL32771Ligonier.org Reformation Trust.com Printed in ChinaRR Donnelley0000919First edition,fourth printing ISBN 978-1-64289-058-7(Paperback) ISBN 978-1-64289-086-0(ePub) ISBN 978-1-64289-114-0(Kindle) All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored ina retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic,mechanical,photocopy,recording,or otherwise-without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher,Reformation Trust Publishing.The onlyexception is brief quotations in published reviews Cover design:Ligonier Creative Interior typeset:Katherine Lloyd,The DESK Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible(The Holy Bible,EnglishStandard Version),copyright C2001by Crossway,a publishing ministry ofGood NewsPublishers.Used by permission.All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sproul,R.C.(Robert Charles),1939-2017 author. Title:How should I think about money?/by R.C.Sproul Description:Orlando,FL:Reformation Trust Publishing,2016.|Series: Crucial questions series;No.23 Identifiers:LCCN 2016011431|ISBN 9781567695076 Subjects:LCSH:Christian stewardship.|Money--Religious aspects-- Christianity.|Economics-Religious aspects--Christianity.|Wealth-- Religious aspects--Christianity. Classification:LCC BV772.S692016|DDC 241/.68--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/201601143 Contents One Taking Care of Our House………………………… ..9 Two Reasons for Poverty.. ………19 Three The Building of Wealth. ………27 Four The Theory of Value. ……37 Five What Is Money?.. .45 Six Inflation. ………51 Seven Interest. ……………………………59 Eight Participating in Ownership. # Chapter One Taking Care ofOur House TTe all appreciate words of commendation fromthose we serve—our coaches,bosses,or othersin positions of authority.This desire for commendationreaches its apex when it comes to our greatest authority,our Lord and King,Jesus Christ.A word of commendationfrom Christ is the ultimate commendation for our servant-hood.Every Christian longs to hear a certain phrase at theend of his life,words that will come from the mouth ofChrist:“Well done,good and faithful servant.” # How Should I Think about Money? The concept in the New Testament that describes anddefines what it means to be a servant before Christ is theword stewardship.In these pages,we will explore this idea.There is a link between the biblical concept of stewardshipand the academic discipline of economics,which will alsobe addressed. Economics and the ethical and emotional issues thatsurround it are frequent topics of discussion and front-page news items.This is particularly true in an electionyear,when much of the debate focuses on economic issues.What we don’t see initially is that other issues,such aseducation and abortion,are also questions of economics.Broadly understood,economics has to do not only withmoney or taxes or business but with the management ofresources.That includes all of our resources,such as theresource of our unborn children and educational materialsand policies. In other words,how we use our resources is the sub-ject of

FAQs

What does stewardship mean in the New Testament context?

Stewardship describes what it means to be a servant before Christ, outlining how believers should think about their responsibilities to God.

How is economics connected to stewardship in the book?

The book presents a link between the biblical concept of stewardship and the academic discipline of economics, treating resource management as a shared core concern.

What does economics cover beyond money and taxes?

Economics covers the management of resources in general, including ethical and emotional issues such as education and abortion, not just financial transactions.

Sep 28, 2026

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