Jesus warns us that in spending our lives we should be wise shoppers, guarding our hearts against the false advertisements of this world. For whatever we value most in life becomes our “treasure.” And our treasure becomes our hope. In turn, our hope determines how we act, since we always spend our lives on whatever we think will make us happy.
— Scott Hafemann (b. 1954), Theologe und Neutestamentler
Related Bible passage: MAT.6.21
Topics: Money & Possessions, Hope & Confidence
Occasions: For Reflection
Scott Hafemann
Scott Hafemann (* 1954) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Neutestamentler und Theologe, der unter anderem am Wheaton College, am Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary und an der University of St Andrews lehrte. Bekannt ist er für seine Arbeiten zur paulinischen Theologie, insbesondere zum zweiten Korintherbrief, sowie für die theologische Betonung der Kontinuität von Altem und Neuem Testament. Bibellesern vermittelt seine Exegese ein vertieftes Schriftverständnis, das alttestamentliche Verheißungen eng mit praktischer Kreuzesnachfolge und Glaubensgehorsam verbindet.
All quotes by Scott Hafemann (39)
God made us to love people and use things. Our problem is that we love things and use people.
Unknown
My banker is the good Lord. He sees to it that there is always something.
Mother Teresa
George Muller
Martin Luther
Nikolai Berdyaev
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
C.S. Lewis
Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.
Warren Wiersbe
Martin Luther