Pastor Eve Mercie

Greed rarely announces itself as greed. It can sound like ambition. It can look like careful planning. Sometimes it hides behind the perfectly reasonable desire to have a little more. The problem begins when “enough” keeps moving. Scripture treats greed as a matter of the heart, not merely a problem reserved for wealthy people. A … Read more

Houses. Clothing. Cars. Land. Furniture. Food. Money. The things we own occupy a surprisingly large part of everyday life. Jesus spoke about possessions because they can reveal what is happening inside the heart. Scripture also addresses how people acquire things, how they treat what they own, what they do when they have more than enough, … Read more

Financial success can mean different things to different people. For one person, it may mean becoming debt-free. For another, it may mean having enough to provide for a family, build a business, give generously, or prepare for the future. The Bible does not give Christians a formula for becoming wealthy. It does, however, speak extensively … Read more

Saving money is often discussed as a financial strategy, but Scripture gives it a deeper context. The Bible speaks about preparation, contentment, generosity, work, planning, and the responsible use of what God has entrusted to us. That does not mean Scripture presents saving as the ultimate goal. Money can be saved wisely and still become … Read more

Lending money can be complicated. A friend needs help covering an unexpected bill. A relative asks for a loan. Someone in the church is struggling to afford food. A business owner needs capital. An acquaintance promises to repay you next month. Sometimes the request is genuine. Sometimes it is not. And sometimes the hardest part … Read more

Debt can begin with something that seems small. A bill gets carried forward. A loan covers an urgent need. A credit card makes an unexpected expense manageable. A business borrows money to grow. A family takes on a mortgage to purchase a home. Then the payments accumulate. Before long, debt can affect more than a … Read more

Poverty is not a subject Scripture treats with indifference. Throughout the Bible, we meet people who have little, families facing hardship, widows without adequate support, laborers who are mistreated, and communities instructed to care for those in need. At the same time, Scripture does not reduce poverty to one explanation. Sometimes financial hardship is connected … Read more

Being rich is not treated as a simple spiritual category in the Bible. Scripture contains wealthy people who honored God, wealthy people who became proud, wealthy people who gave generously, and wealthy people who struggled to surrender their possessions. The Bible therefore does not give a simple message that every rich person is blessed or … Read more

Wealth is one of those subjects the Bible refuses to treat superficially. Scripture speaks about people who became wealthy, people who struggled with poverty, people who used their possessions generously, and people whose riches became a spiritual stumbling block. The Bible does not teach that wealth is automatically sinful. Neither does it teach that financial … Read more

Money is part of everyday life. We earn it, spend it, save it, give it, and sometimes worry about whether we will have enough of it. The Bible does not treat money as an insignificant subject. Scripture speaks about wealth, poverty, work, possessions, generosity, debt, contentment, greed, honesty, and the way people relate to material … Read more