This Saturday's video for discussion was from the nooma series by Rob Bell entitled "Rich". He introduced some staggering statistics as to just how wealthy Americans are in relation to the rest of the world. For example, 90% of the world's population does not have a car. Not any kind of car including a beater. So by most of the world's standards, by virtue of my 95 Geo with 181,000 miles and the side bashed in by a snow plow, I am rich! Actually, we also have a second car so I am practically a tycoon!
We had a stimulating and sometimes spirited discussion about what we do with what we have. God blesses us so that we can bless others. Not just our money but also our time. How can we bless others? Not that we can't enjoy what we have but, hey, spread a little of it around!
Pastor Frank shared some insights on the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10:17, pointing out that the issue here was not that having money was wrong but that putting your trust in anything but God is idolatry.
Brian will be back next Saturday and we all hope he and Jean had a great time in Hawaii!
Don't forget! Feb. 3rd we begin the new DVD series by John Ortberg "The Life You've Always Wanted."
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Till next Saturday, God be with you.
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I thought Frank's insights were interesting. Some things I had never heard before. When Jesus asked the rich young ruler "why do you call me good. only God is good", Frank said he was asking the ruler if he believed Jesus was God. I always thought the rich guy was just trying to flatter Jesus and Jesus was having none of it. I thought it was cool where it says that Jesus loved him. I could see Jesus kind of feeling bad for the guy cause he really had no peace with his money.
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