What the Scriptures Teach Us About Prosperity

MormonTimes book review by Trent Toone (Click Here)

“I kept writing notes to myself about things I was learning and discussing different perspectives with my family and friends. This was a book to nibble around the edges slowly and think about and reflect on and then nibble on some more.” — Association for Mormon Letters

Can you be rich and righteous? Worthy and wealthy? If not, why do the scriptures teach that God wants us to “have in abundance?” (D&C 49:19). If so, how do we reconcile Christ's teaching that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God?” (Matthew 19:24).

In this timely and insightful new book, author S. Michael Wilcox helps us discover what the Lord wants us to know about wealth, stewardship, and prosperity.

Money issues — how we provide for ourselves and our families — are an inescapable part of life, no matter our current or hoped for “net worth.” Desire for greater financial security can be a great motivator, but money problems are often the root of familial discord.

Because our stewardship over what the Lord gives us is such an important part of our mortal test — and because of the misery caused by unrighteous stewardship — it's not surprising that the Lord has filled the scriptures with counsel on this important topic.

By heeding His guidance and mastering His lessons, we can secure the consequences of being His “true and faithful” servants. As Elder Melvin J. Ballard said in general conference, April 1929, “We are to do a new thing, a thing that never has before been done — We are to take the Church of Christ not only through the age of persecution and mob violence, but through the age of peace and prosperity.”