Managing God's Money is a trimmed-down version of two of Randy Alcorn's longer works, making it more accessible to readers. I've gone through Crown Ministries' materials a couple of times and pre-crown Larry Burkett information. This book is a good addition to that teaching, and very hard-hitting. Alcorn does a nice job of setting up the biblical concept of the ownership of money and things--they are all God's. And then he exhorts us to use God's money for eternal purposes, and supports this with Luke 16 and many other scriptures. Like other authors on finance and the Christian life, I think he uses some parables too literally as being about money vs. being about idolatry, but he does point that out in the book. These are not talking ONLY about money, but for cultures across time, money and possessions can become idols.
Gave me lots to think about. I got it free from a Tim Challies' Friend of the Blog offer and found it well worth the read. Finished this on 1/15/11 during a trip to San Francisco. I'll hang onto it if only to pass along to someone else.
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