Blessings, Curses, and the Cross: A Scriptural View of Wealth

KELLY JOHNSON, 2013

I hope … to explore ways that an attentive study of scripture on the topic of blessing could challenge us to enrich ordinary thinking and daily prayer about possessions. In particular, I … attend to ways blessing can be understood in light of the stories of Israel and Jesus, rather than as a generality about creation understood to stand apart from redemption and eschatology.