Unfaithful with Money

Kyle Morris - 7/12/2026

In Luke 16, Jesus tells the strange parable of a dishonest manager who acts shrewdly to secure his future once he learns his job is ending, holding him up as an example of how the sons of light should manage everything God has entrusted to them with eternity in view. Kyle Morris walks through the parable's hard turn toward the Pharisees, who loved money and mocked Jesus for it, and shows how their unfaithfulness looks a lot like our own when we treat God's gifts as our own and lose sight of what actually lasts. The sermon lands on real hope: Jesus is the faithful Son over God's house who holds his people securely, so we can be generous with everything we've been given because our future doesn't depend on how well we manage it. This is a message about money, and about far more than money, tracing the difference between living for this world and living for the one to come.
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Weekly Reflection

“Jesus's point is that Christians need to see life on earth is limited and it's going to go away. So we ought to use our resources, the resources that God gives us, to bless people, to make friends with them. That is, we ought to be generous with everything God provides us.”
It's easy to manage our money, our time, and our attention like people who plan to stay here forever, assuming today's comfort matters more than eternity. Kyle's sermon points out that Jesus doesn't let us hide from this: the sons of this world are often shrewder about securing their future than we are about securing ours. What if we lived like people who know this life is short and eternity is certain? The real tension isn't whether we believe that on paper, but whether it shapes what we do with what's in our hands this week.

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This Week’s Challenge:
Pause and ask: what is one area, money, time, or something else, where I've been managing God's gifts more for my own comfort than for his kingdom? Name one thing you'll do this week to walk this out, whether that's a specific act of generosity, a hard conversation, or simply giving something up.

Scripture: Luke 16:1–18