How Should Christians Think About Money? | The Gospels | Luke 16:1–15

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

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Why does Jesus tell a story that seems to praise dishonesty? What is he actually trying to teach about money? And how should we think about what we’ve been given? In today’s episode, Jensen shares how Luke 16:1–15 reveals that money isn’t meant to be our master, but a tool we can use wisely and generously for God’s kingdom. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Luke 16:1–15

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.9	Okay, it's honesty hour.
0:14.7	When I first read this parable, it made me scratch my head.
0:18.7	I had no idea what Jesus was trying to say. And for a minute there,
0:23.0	what he was saying felt, dare I say, immoral. Now, as I looked into the passage and read a few
0:30.1	different commentaries and notes on this passage, it began to make a little more sense, thankfully.
0:35.6	And I realized that I had defaulted to reading the
0:39.2	parables as stories about morality. And if you try to read this parable as a story on how to live a
0:45.4	moral life, you'll walk away thinking, huh, I must be missing something. Or like me, thinking that
0:52.2	Jesus was teaching something immoral, which can't be right. And it
0:56.2	isn't. Because the parables of Jesus aren't stories that show us how to live a moral life. There's
1:03.0	stories that reveal truths about the kind of kingdom that Jesus came to bring, a kingdom that is
1:08.8	radically different than the world.
1:11.9	Honesty Hour 2.0.
1:13.8	When I realized the radical call that Jesus was making in this passage, I didn't love what
1:19.8	Jesus did have to say.
1:22.2	Not because I thought he was saying something immoral, but because the ways of his kingdom
1:26.6	challenge me and the way that I want
1:29.4	to live my life. And if you're anything like me, and if you're willing to be honest with yourself
1:35.1	today, then my guess is that you just might find yourself challenged by the words of Jesus as well.
1:41.7	Because today, Jesus is going to make some radical claims about something everyone
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