Ep 260: Wealth and the New Testament | A Response to John Barclay

About this episode

In this episode, Alex Bernardo responds to John Barclay's arguments regarding wealth in the New Testament and its implications for Christian discipleship.

In this episode I respond to John Barclay’s contribution to the book New Testament Ethics (out now on Eerdmans) entitled Wealth: The Deep Challenge of the New Testament. Much of Barclay’s arguments are excellent. He contends that the question of wealth is a major theme in the New Testament which has been overlooked by Western scholars and that the treatment of wealth is a distinctive feature of Christian discipleship. He argues that wealth is inherently dangerous and can compromise Christian ...

People in this episode

Host: Alex Bernardo

Topics covered

• wealth
• New Testament
• Christian discipleship
• ethics
• religion

Keywords

• wealth
• New Testament
• Christianity
• ethics
• John Barclay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eerdmans

Books & works: New Testament Ethics

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