Stewarding Wealth and Success as a Christian with David Green, Founder of Hobby Lobby
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Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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David Green is the founder of Hobby Lobby and is a major financial supporter of Evangelical organizations in the United States and funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. He’s the author or co-author of several books, including the recently released The Legacy Life: Leading your family to Make a difference for Eternity, which he coauthored with Bill High. Bill was able to join us for the first several min, but then I think his internet cut out, so it ended up just being David and I talking shop.
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| 0:00.0 | Every time we've done these things, it's cost us. So I don't want people to know, well, if you do this, God's going to bless you. Well, he is, but maybe at a different level. Maybe in the bigger picture he's going to, but in the smaller picture, every time we closed on Sunday, we did less business, we made less money. When we sued the government, a lot of people were mad at us, they hated us, they weren't going to shop. So a lot of the things that we have done that we know the Bible has asked us to do has cost us. But I think in the bigger picture, he's more than made up for it. |
| 0:33.3 | Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and Rob. My guest today is David Green, who is the founder of Hobby Lobby and is a major financial supporter of evangelical organizations |
| 0:42.6 | in the United States. And he also funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. I've never been, |
| 0:49.5 | but I've always wanted to go. We talk a bit about that museum toward the end of this episode. |
| 0:55.0 | David is the author of several books, including the recently released The Legacy Life, |
| 1:00.2 | Leading Your Family to Make a Difference for Eternity, which he co-authored with Bill Hi. Bill was able |
| 1:06.9 | to join us for the first several minutes, but then I think it's internet cut out or a bomb |
| 1:11.3 | at his house or something. I don't know. Hopefully it's just internet. So it ended up just being |
| 1:15.5 | me and David a talking shop, which was loads of fun. I think you will absolutely love hearing |
| 1:20.7 | from David Green. So please welcome to the show for the first time. David Green and sort of Bill |
| 1:26.7 | High, but mainly David Green. |
| 1:30.6 | All right, David and Bill. Welcome to Theology. |
| 1:33.7 | You're up. Very, very excited about this conversation. Thanks so much for taking the time to |
| 1:37.9 | be a guest, first time guests on the show. David, well, let's start with you. I just, for people that don't know your story, |
| 1:47.1 | I mean, it is one of the most remarkable stories. I would say in both the business world and |
| 1:53.5 | the Christian world. And I would love to see how those two stories intersect. |
| 1:58.9 | You're, David, you're the son of a preacher. |
| 2:02.8 | So you come from a line of preachers, is that correct? |
| 2:05.4 | Yes, yes. |
| 2:06.9 | But that hasn't always shown when I was a kid. |
| 2:09.6 | But anyway, it didn't show. |
| 2:12.6 | It did not show up too early. |
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