I need some help. I am trying to find a place in the Bible where God says anything good about debt or owing someone something. You see, I have a problem. If I can only find where God says negative things about something, then I feel compelled to avoid it. God says nothing good about gossip, so I must avoid it. God says nothing good about sex outside of marriage, so I must avoid it. So help me. Help me find some place in the Bible where God says something, anything nice about debt, so I will no longer have to avoid it. Thanks!
A Challenge…
May 2, 2008 · 3 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Christians, Debt, God, gossip, marriage, sex
3 responses so far ↓
caffeinatedradio // May 8, 2008 at 6:40 pm |
OK, I am sensing that your tongue is firmly planted in your cheek on this one. Just off the top of my head I can think of one instance where God tells the prophet to instruct the widow woman to ~borrow~ as many jars as she can get her hands on because of His plan to fill them with oil for her. (My quickie paraphrase.) So this is one instance of God inspired leverage, borrowing to produce profit. You could say this was a short term business loan that she had the means to pay back (by returning the jars after use.) Of course, this instance can in no way be compared with the idiotic consumer debt that the CC cards are pushing in the media, but since you asked…
hwunch // May 8, 2008 at 9:02 pm |
Yeah you could look at that passage that way. But I think it is a stretch. And like you said, it really looks nothing like the consumer debt of today. I guess, I look at it this way. If I borrow a hammer from my next door neighbor to hang some pictures. Am I in debt to that person? I would think borrowing a tool would be a far cry from borrowing money to buy a cheeseburger, or a flat screen TV or a house. I mean it was not like she was told to borrow jars no matter the cost or interest.
Han’s Challenge « SBC Ghost Recon // May 23, 2008 at 11:23 pm |
[...] Han’s Challenge Posted in Uncategorized by Quinn Hooks on May 24th, 2008 It’s late on Friday night and I’m watching Dave Ramsey on TV. As he cuts to commercials, he makes the statement that there was no such thing as a good debt. in fact, he went so far to say that the Bible condemns all forms of debt and he quoted Scripture from Proverbs. I remember Hans Wunch made a post about this a while back. In this post, he even went so far as to issue a challenge. If anyone could find an instance in the Bible which debt is described in positive terms, Hans wants to know about it. You can respond to him here. [...]
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