Scripture Text: Luke 16:1-17

Andy Tobin

Quotes for Reflection

N. T. Wright, Luke for Everyone

The key to it all is in the opening verses: it’s about faithfulness. Money is not a possession, it’s a trust: God entrusts property to people and expects it to be used to his glory and the welfare of his children, not for private glory or glamour. Money also, according to this passage, points beyond itself, to the true riches which await us in the life to come. What they are, we can hardly guess; but there are ‘true riches’ which really will belong to us, in a way that money doesn’t, if we learn faithfulness here and now.

Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor

Christians should be aware of this revolutionary understanding of the purpose ...