Kelly Brady, John Vandervelde, Beth Maas and Matt Marron discuss issues of faith and respond to questions from Kelly's sermon on May 23, 2021 This week's questions: Question 1 - Happy 200th episode and we missed you the last couple weeks! I have a question that I hope others relate to. How can those who feel that they are financially unstable (whether true or not (ie. graduate students, newly married, loss of job, etc.)) but can sense their own selfish desires in hoarding their mo ney and idolizing it, begin to submit to God’s desire for us to be sacrificial in all areas of our lives? Another way of asking the question may be: What are tangible ways to lay the groundwork for living sacrificially with money for the entirety of our lives, who currently feel financially burdensome on others? Question 2 - Should a faith healer who has repented of his fraud be like Zacheus and give back the millions he got from the poor people he deceived. Question 3 - Loved the reminder that it’s God’s grace that teaches us to say no to ungodliness. But how does that work in parenting? You mentioned that we should parent with this in mind. I’m not sure what you mean. Question 4 - Seems like to me that Jesus is celebrating Zacchaeus' decision to give half his money away to the poor and pay back 4X’s what he stole. How can we be sure that Jesus wasn’t saying that these behaviors are actually what saved him? Question 5 - Kelly talks a lot about “idols” saying that this or that is a common or popular idol in our community. Wasn’t that more of an Old Testament issue? Wouldn’t be more accurate to simply talk about sin. I get that some sins are more common in one setting, or are shared among a group, but talk about idols and idolatry conjures up pictures of people bowing in front of their luxury car, or their McMansion.