by Rachel Cain
Dr. Jim Newheiser’s expertise is taking a worldly problem and paring it down to its biblical definition and solution. In the Lord’s wisdom, he has orchestrated a pattern to moneymaking and wealth management. He designed work as something good, present before the fall in Genesis 3. God intended for wealth to be accumulated slowly, over time, in conjunction with hard work and skill.
While many financial books will offer a complex strategy to take control of one’s money, “Money: Seeking God’s Wisdom” considers the origin of the problem; the heart. This is by no means an exhaustive textbook on wealth management, debt repayment, or budgeting strategies. Instead, it’s an opportunity to pause, take inventory of one’s relationship to money, and commit one’s plans to the Lord. As with all problems, financial troubles have a spiritual element to them. Of course, there are strategies and plans that can increase a person’s wealth. But, as Solomon knew well, it would all be for naught without a righteous heart before the Lord. The race for “enough” never satisfies. Money is a cruel god. Dr. Newheiser entreats his readers to seek the Lord and his wisdom above all else. Not only
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