Generous Business Owner

Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot: Aligning Your Financial Priorities with God’s Purposes

Episode Summary

Where is your treasure? Where are your priorities? Are there any changes that need made to measure up to God’s priority? In this episode, Jeff and Joe discuss: Learning from a young age to organize life around the Kingdom of God. Helping Christians to think Christianly around work, wealth, and capital. Introducing God’s rest and peace into existence through our work. Using our wealth of restorative purposes for God’s purpose of reconciliation. Understanding the basic principle of tithing then experiencing the joy of radical generosity beyond that. Key Takeaways: The Earth and everything in it is the Lord's. We are stewards of His trust. We are administrators to advance His purposes by developing and cultivating the wealth that He has placed in creation through hard work and creativity. Love God and love your neighbor as yourself - the two great commandments. Are your financial priorities honoring those principles? Two of the Ten Commandments are dedicated to the issue of property and how we honor God and others with it.That begins to provide a basis and a foundation for thinking about property. You can only be disillusioned if you have illusions. If we make wealth an idol, it will be an empty promise and will never deliver. "We use our money, our wealth, for restorative purposes, to advance God's purpose of reconciling all things to Jesus Christ. That's bringing all things into obedience and submission." — Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot Episode References: Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation: https://www.youtube.com/@ezrainstitutecc/podcasts About Joe Boot: Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot (M.A., Ph.D.) is a Christian thinker and cultural apologist, Founder and President of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He is an adjunct instructor for culture and apologetics at Bryan College, Tennessee. He also served as the founding pastor of Westminster Chapel, Toronto for 14 years. Connect with Joe Boot: Website: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/DrJoeBoot Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/ Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/ Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw

Episode Notes

Where is your treasure? Where are your priorities? Are there any changes that need made to measure up to God’s priority?

In this episode, Jeff and Joe discuss: 

• Learning from a young age to organize life around the Kingdom of God.
• Helping Christians to think Christianly around work, wealth, and capital.
• Introducing God’s rest and peace into existence through our work.
• Using our wealth of restorative purposes for God’s purpose of reconciliation.
• Understanding the basic principle of tithing then experiencing the joy of radical generosity beyond that.

Key Takeaways: 

• The Earth and everything in it is the Lord's. We are stewards of His trust. We are administrators to advance His purposes by developing and cultivating the wealth that He has placed in creation through hard work and creativity.
• Love God and love your neighbor as yourself - the two great commandments. Are your financial priorities honoring those principles? 
• Two of the Ten Commandments are dedicated to the issue of property and how we honor God and others with it.That begins to provide a basis and a foundation for thinking about property.
• You can only be disillusioned if you have illusions. If we make wealth an idol, it will be an empty promise and will never deliver.

"We use our money, our wealth, for restorative purposes, to advance God's purpose of reconciling all things to Jesus Christ. That's bringing all things into obedience and submission." —  Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot

Episode References: 

• Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation: https://www.youtube.com/@ezrainstitutecc/podcasts

About Joe Boot: Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot (M.A., Ph.D.) is a Christian thinker and cultural apologist, Founder and President of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He is an adjunct instructor for culture and apologetics at Bryan College, Tennessee. He also served as the founding pastor of Westminster Chapel, Toronto for 14 years.

Connect with Joe Boot:

Website: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/ 

Twitter: https://x.com/DrJoeBoot

Connect with Jeff Thomas: 

Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/

Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up

Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw