About this episode

Matt Chandler discusses the effects of wealth on families and shares insights from his experiences with billionaires and stewardship.

Matt Chandler has been in the room with actual billionaires on multiple occasions — and the way he describes what happens to people who have everything almost everyone else is chasing isn't what most of us would expect. He told us he won't even let some of them bless him. And after 23 years pastoring one of the most affluent suburbs in America, he's seen exactly what the chase actually does to families. In this conversation, we get into a question Matt says nobody has asked him: what he's actually watched wealth do to people up close. We talk about the upgrade cycle most Christian families never name (and the bigger house Matt and Lauren refused to buy because of it), why the finish line always moves no matter how much you make, the diagnostic he gives for whether money is serving you or you're serving it, and what bad stewardship really does to the peace in your home. And for more rich teaching on how to become more like Jesus check out his new book Becoming Like Jesus - WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE Here's a little of what we cover in this episode: What Matt has watched wealth do to families over 23 years in Dallas The room full of billionaires moment most pastors never talk…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bob Lotich, Linda Lotich

Guest: Matt Chandler

Topics covered

• wealth and its impact
• Christian stewardship
• family dynamics
• pastoral insights
• materialism
• personal finance

Keywords

• wealth
• Christianity
• stewardship
• families
• materialism
• pastoring
• Dallas
• money management

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Becoming Like Jesus

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