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Wealth

Is It Immoral to Be a Trillionaire?

By Filings on Mon, 06/29/26
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“After the initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, Musk has officially become the world’s first trillionaire (sadly, SpaceX stock has taken a tumble and now Musk is only a 900 billionaire).” - P&D

On Abundance, Part 1: Needs and Wants

By DOlinger on Wed, 02/04/26

We humans need stuff. We need food, and clothing, and shelter, and we need a way to get those things. The past year has made us aware of how much we need other things, too: love, companionship, interaction, variety.

We also want stuff. We want money—always just a bit more than we have. We want better health—even if we live in ways that seem to contradict that. We want recognition, which these days comes most commonly by way of likes and shares and congratulatory comments.

Who Is Rich and Who Is Poor?

By Filings on Wed, 01/28/26
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“Sixteen years ago, my wife and I winnowed all our earthly possessions to eight suitcases, turned down a pair of six-figure incomes, and became missionary physicians in rural Africa. In doing so, I thought I was choosing a life of modest poverty. Instead, I discovered I was an amazingly rich tycoon.” - Mere Orthodoxy

Study: Next Generation Christians Will Give Differently

By Filings on Thu, 08/14/25
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“Millennial Christians and their generational peers are in the process of becoming stewards of the largest amount of wealth that has ever passed from one generation to the next. Roughly $124 trillion will shift from the current generation to the next as the Great Wealth Transfer transpires.” - MinistryWatch

Lifeway Research: Prosperity Gospel Beliefs on the Rise Among Churchgoers

By Filings on Wed, 08/23/23
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“52% of American Protestant churchgoers say their church teaches God will bless them if they give more money to their church and charities, with 24% strongly agreeing. This is up from 38%” in 2017. - Lifeway

LDS Church could be a $1 trillion denomination by 2044, report suggests

By Filings on Wed, 07/19/23
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“With an estimated wealth of $236 billion in 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could potentially cover all of its current expenses ‘forever’ with returns from current investments without collecting any additional tithes from congregants.” - CPost

Pew: Americans’ views about billionaires have grown somewhat more negative since 2020

By Filings on Fri, 07/30/21
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“A growing share of U.S. adults say it’s a bad thing for the country that some people have personal fortunes of a billion dollars or more, though a majority continue to say it is neither good nor bad” - Pew

No, the Pandemic Has Not Surged Billionaire Wealth

By Filings on Wed, 07/01/20
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“This claim has made headlines in CNBC, Fox Business, Business Insider, CNN, Reuters, Newsweek, and the New York Post. It has also been shared tens of thousands of times on social media….Yet the claim that billionaire wealth has surged ‘since the beginning of the pandemic’ is flatly untrue.” - N. Review

Why Wealth is Both a Blessing and a Temptation

By Filings on Mon, 08/27/18
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“[T]he gift of wealth also presents unique temptation to trust in wealth over and against the provision of God.” - IFWE

Is "Financial Independence" Biblical?

By Filings on Mon, 02/22/16
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“Having enough money so we don’t have to work anymore or don’t need any money or people to help us? Is that the abundant life Jesus is talking about? I am not so sure.” IFWE

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