The consumer culture in which we are immersed urges us to acquire as many things and experiences as our incomes will allow. But what if our habit of acquiring more is simply a modern manifestation of greed?
Baptist World Aid Australia has released a book and Bible study series called “The End of Greed”. These will help you and your church discover how consumerism can be damaging to your relationship with God, can sap your capacity to be generous, exploits people in poorer countries, wreaks havoc on the planet and inflicts suffering on animals. You’ll also identify simple, practical steps towards a new, Christ-shaped way of consuming.
Consumerism and Christianity as competing visions of the good life and how we can embrace the way of Jesus.
How consumerism militates against generosity and how we can become the extravagantly generous people God calls us to be.
The ways people in developing countries are exploited making the goods we consume and how we can treat them justly.
The impact consumerism is having on the environment and how we can recover biblical stewardship.
The impact of consumerism on animal welfare and how we can live out a biblical response.
Scott Higgins is an ordained Baptist minister, consultant and blogger who has spent three decades in pastoring, social justice advocacy and community education.
