Sharing Possessions

How we deploy our possessions reflects our walk in Christ. A litmus test of faithfulness in the early church (Acts 2-6) is how they viewed and used their possessions. As the people of God at Brentwood Oaks we are concerned that we run from greed (which is idolatry), that we not hoard (which is inhospitable), that we freely, willingly give to those in need.

For more information on the church in Acts and in the first centuries:

  • Luke Johnson, Sharing Possessions: Mandate and Symbol of Faith
  • William Countryman, The Rich Christian in the Church of the Early Empire: Contradictions and Accommodations
  • Martin Hengel, Property and Riches in the Early Church
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