How Much is Enough?
Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture
By Art Simon
How can we follow Christ in a materialistic
culture? Bread for the World founder and
president emeritus Arthur Simon has written a
new book to help answer that question.
How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an
Affluent Culture points out that while
possessions may capture our hearts, they are
unable to nourish our souls or give us joy.
In Simon's keen analysis, our consumer
society is set against the backdrop of a world
in which 840 million people are chronically
undernourished.
"The apostle Paul expressed alarm about Christians in Corinth who, in celebrating the Lord's Supper, stuck to
customary class distinctions and ate and
drank beyond enough, while poorer brothers
and sisters went hungry – a remarkable
snapshot of our world today," he writes.
How Much Is Enough? has been called
"Superb. The distilled wisdom of a lifetime…
a powerfully simple book" (Ronald J. Sider)
and "direct, concrete, deeply rooted, and
compelling" (Walter Brueggemann).
Simon sees prosperity as a gift from God, but a gift
to be used in praise of the Giver, whose love
extends to all. As he puts it, "We are human
beings, not human havings. God loves us for
who we are, not what we have."
To read excerpts or quotes from reviews, click here.
$10.00
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