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The episode discusses the dangers of placing trust in wealth over faith in God, using insights from the Book of Habakkuk.

Send Comments, Questions, Thoughts The scariest kind of danger is the kind that feels like safety. We open Habakkuk 2:9-14 and sit with a blunt warning from Scripture: “woe” to the person who builds a big house or a whole empire with dishonest gain. When money becomes the shield, faith quietly shifts from God to wealth, and what looks like success can turn into deep sorrow and a collapsing foundation. We walk through why the Book of Habakkuk still feels so current when the news is heavy, peo...

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Host: Bobi Gentry Goodwin

Topics covered

• faith
• money
• trust
• wealth
• scripture
• danger
• safety

Keywords

• money
• faith
• Habakkuk
• trust
• wealth
• safety
• scripture

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Books & works: Habakkuk

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