Dr. John A. King wrote Show Me the Money to push back against the prosperity gospel, which treats private jets and wealth as proof of spiritual health. He argues wealth and spirituality are separate, and offers Christians practical tools for budgeting and managing money responsibly instead.
I wrote Show Me the Money for a couple of very simple reasons. I suppose the first one was I was really tired of what was being peddled as what we've come to know as the prosperity doctrine. Listen, I've got no problem with a guy buying a jet. You know, I love to fly. I fly my own planes and, you know, all that sort of good stuff. But I have a real challenge when I'm told that I need a jet For the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. I think that's a total misuse of both the pulpit but also the message that God wants to provide and give his people the ability to create wealth. So why I wrote the book was to try and bring the pendulum swing back in, but also to give people effective tools on how to prosper. Like, how do you budget? What's the reason for your prosperity? What do you do once you have your prosperity, once God provides for you more than enough? And I wanted to break the mindsets that poverty is a sign of spirituality because the two just aren't related. I've met a lot of very wealthy people who are very spiritually impoverished, and I've met a lot of very impoverished people who are spiritually wealthy. So I wanted to head some of these things straight on because faith and finance are the wonder twins of the 21st century church, and they were never called to be. So anyway, have a look at the book, have a read of it. If you want to enter into a conversation about it, drop me an email. I'm more than willing to engage you because the topic has been so misused and abused, and it's time to just correct the misnomers.
