Book title: JUST MONEY: the vision of shalom
Author: Wayne Kirkland
Publishers: NavPressNZ and UNOH Publishing
Release date: October, 2011
Money. Such a little word ... with such explosive power. For love of money reputations have been ruined, marriages have been destroyed, lifelong friendships have been torn apart, whole nations have bled. For lack of money kingdoms have crumbled, corporations have foundered, lives have faded, dreams have died. But what about us ordinary folk?
Most of us spend more time thinking about money (worrying, planning, earning, spending, counting, hoping, envying) than about almost any other subject.
So what’s money got to do with following Jesus? A great deal, actually. Money is no side issue in the Bible. It’s talked about extensively.
Just Money offers both insights and suggestions as to how we can live a life of faith in a culture in love with the dollar. Be prepared for some surprises.
Commendations for Just Money
“Highly accessible, seasoned with practical insight and sound judgment, and deeply faithful to the biblical witness, Just Money is a book for our times. It offers one of the most helpful frameworks for thinking about Christian discipleship with respect to money and possessions that I know of, with its emphasis on trusteeship, gratitude, generosity, contentment, simplicity, Sabbath, hospitality and community. Surely it is in Christian disciplines such as these that we find the cure for the insatiable consumerism that blights our culture, enslaves the rich and oppresses the poor. An excellent resource for small group and congregational study.”
Chris Marshall, St John’s Associate Professor of Christian Theology, Victoria University of Wellington
“Just Money is the finest book on a Christian response to money I have read. Given the suffering that money causes so many people today, Wayne’s thoughtful, prophetic and practical wisdom couldn’t be more needed. I pray and hope Just Money finds a wide and grateful readership and that its insights are engaged with and applied. The world will be a different place if that happens.”
Ash Barker, Director of UNOH and author of Make Poverty Personal
“In this book, Wayne Kirkland tries to call us to a realistic appraisal of how to live out our commitments to Christ while dealing realistically with the material demands that are made upon us so far as personal and family requisites demand. The book is not only filled with good biblical insights as to how to deal with money matters, but it also raises a host of questions which Kirkland calls Christians to reflect on. This book will help any committed Christian on that journey to faithful, biblical stewardship.”
Tony Campolo, sociologist, speaker and author