A US senator once confessed to Senate chaplain Peter Marshall that when he earned $20,000 a year he could tithe $2,000, but now at $500,000 a year he couldn't possibly afford to give $50,000 — so Marshall prayed God would cut his salary back down to size. Stephen Davey uses that story to land Jesus' strange parable in Luke 16, where a dishonest manager, about to be fired, slashes his master's debtors' bills to buy himself friends for the future — and gets praised for his cleverness, not his integrity. Davey is careful to point out the rich man isn't a stand-in for God; he's a picture of how shrewdly the world chases money, a shrewdness believers rarely match when it comes to eternity. Three principles emerge: be strategic with your opportunities, be intentional with your wealth, and be faithful with even the little you have. Because you can't serve both God and money — one of them will own you.
Principles for Better Money Management
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