The Gospel of Wealth

concerning surplus wealth called, “Wealth”. As an immigrant from Scotland, Andrew took himself from the low end of the income spectrum to the extreme opposite. With the gained knowledge and values he obtained from the industry, Andrew responded to the issue of the country’s administration of wealth. He believed that competence should be what all individuals strive for whether he/she is rich or poor. The extra wealth surplus potentially could be dispersed through leaving the wealth to an…

Health, Wealth, & Happiness: Has the Prosperity Gospel Overshadowed the Gospel of Christ? By David W. Jones & Russell S. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2011. 201 pages. Reviewed by Casey Dixon. This book has two authors, Dr. Jones and Dr. Woodbridge. Dr. Jones currently serves as Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Associate Dean for Graduate Program Administration, and Director of the Th.M. program at Southeastern Seminary. He has been teaching at the Seminary since 2001.…

Creating jobs and increasing our minimum wage we can logically deduct that it will lend a hand to a more robust economy as people will have the monies they need to purchase products, services, etc. This enhanced purchasing position allows companies to create more products/product lines and offer more services to meet the demand. This is simple economics. If you create a widget and no one can afford to purchase the widget, the widget need not exist. Consider a great American icon; Henry Ford’s…

The struggles caused by economic disparity and the concentration of wealth has impacted people since the beginning of time. The imbalance can be examined through many different lenses and time periods. Examples can be traced from the days of Jesus to the present time. The problem of economic disparity will likely never go away, but it should not worsen throughout the years like it has especially in recent years in America. The church is not immune from this issue. The Christian church has even…

Different people interrupt the gospel differently. There is a small group of pastor who believe in prosperity gospel teaching. This is the idea where if you donate money to the church, God will reward you later with good fortune. This idea sound great. However certain people have had negative situation with this belief. One person gives money to the church instead of buying her medication and ultimately lost her life. The lists on similar situation happen daily. Some may be thinking does…

One example being when he says, “the Bible does not teach a ‘health and wealth gospel’ (at least not until heaven!)” (p. 56, Grudem). While there may have been some humor implied to the second phrase, it still seems serious. Likely, Grudem gives the idea of “health and wealth” gospel in heaven is because “the Bible teaches that there are varying degrees of reward in heaven” (p. 51, Grudem). However, it is not the wisest phrase…

While the United States was hopping onto the Imperialism bandwagon with the rest of the world, the United States was also experiencing the reverse at home with the Progressive movement. That Progressive movement aimed to bring about change and having the government be the proper agency to correct social and economic issues of the country. Both eras, Imperialism and Progressive, happened during the same time, yet each had their own ideas which differed from the other. One of these differing ideas…

Within a society dominated by a hierarchical structure of riches and poverty, purity and defilement, and honor and shame, the message in Luke calls for a reversal of such values. Throughout his Gospel, Luke employs a plethora of literary techniques in Mary’s Song, Jesus’ initial Sermon, and the parables and stories of the Rich and the Kingdom of God, the Rich Fool, the Shrewd Manager, and The Rich Man and Lazarus in order to portray a theme of universality and to call followers to live simply…

arise. Because of the rise of big business during the Gilded Age, debates over the changing national identity continued to be about the economy and society as a whole, but became more specifically focused on railroads, Social Darwinism and The Gospel of Wealth, and the different views on rich corporations. Just as the North was more industrial-based before the Civil War, it remained that way in many aspects post-reconstruction, but this brought…

believe the reason urban poverty has been such a difficult subject for Americans to discuss is because of how devastating it is. In the 1890s, there was a huge difference between the rich and the poor. While the rich were flaunting their fabulous wealth, the working men and women, lived hard lives on low salaries also living in crowded and unpleasant places. These people have to different sides to the situation. As Jacob Riis wrote “ the half that is on top cares little for the struggles, and…