The Authority of Scripture
September 13, 2013
Text: Psalm 116:1-9
Mark 8: 27-38
Next Sunday I’ll begin a class on what the New Testament has to say about money and possessions. But as I’ve prepared for the class, the question has arisen for me: Why do I care? Most of what the NT has to say about money to people as affluent as many of us has to do with giving that money away. What do I want to explore that for? Would I really change my behavior if I were convinced that the NT called for me to give all my money away? In other words, what kind of authority do I give to the NT and why? So this teaching is less about wealth and more about exploring what undergirds my practice around money and possessions. I’ve been trying for the last several weeks to answer this question of authority, but my attempts to explain it intellectually have seemed pretty weak, so I’m going to tell some stories and hope they help.