A lot of modern day Christianity is about self-control, avoidance of sin and tradition.  To the outside world, Christianity looks kind of boring, and with good cause.

God created this Earth for us. He made it beautiful and useful, he invented the concept of fun and enjoyment.  Certainly, part of Jesus’ message is about controlling ourselves and resolving our priorities, but does that mean that we should eliminate God’s first gift to us?

We spent some time studying the bible to try and find out…

We can criticize our debt-bound culture all we want, but do we have a solution?  How do we live in houses or go to college if we can’t have any debt?

Excellent question, it would be unfair of me not to answer.

Debt significantly inhibits our ability to share good community with our brothers and sisters.  Jesus instructed us to strive together as one body.

We, as Christians, are all parts of that one body.  If the right hand works for the benefit of the whole body, but the left hand works to repay what it owes to someone else then the the left hand is useless to the body.  It’s dead weight…

Whether you choose to take part in a Christian community or not, debt simply doesn’t make good sense.

A $100,000 home financed at 7.00% interest over 15 years actually costs $162,000.  Think of the things that we could do with that extra $62,000 if we had the patience to save our money first…

Debt attaches us to the world.  When we borrow money it shows that we are more concerned with obtaining material things than fully relying on God.  Debt encourages us to put on the appearance of great wealth.  We purchase things that we can not afford and then ask God to provide more to pay for it.

The simple fact is that when we owe money we are a slave.  Our time is not our own.