Money, Sex & Power

Money, Sex & Power...these three issues are at the heart of so much corruption and brokenness in our country. They eat at our homes, our churches, our hearts--they corrode, and they do not stop once they gain a foothold--rather they seek to dominate, and in dominating, they destroy.

Thankfully, we serve a redemptive God, a God who uses such things for good. In Richard Foster's book Money, Sex & Power, each is seen as good and bad, depending on how we use them, or on how they use us. Each is tempting, a way to gain control over others, a way to be famous, but in giving in, we seek to gain the world while we lose our soul.

It's hard to believe this book was written twenty five years ago. It seems like it could have been written yesterday, although I would say things have only gotten worse--and yet at the heart of so many of our problems, we have the same issues. Money, sex and power... Foster tackles each, shows us how they corrupt, and talks about how each can be used for good. We do not need to fear them, only control them.

It is said that in naming things, their power over us is broken. This book is helpful in taking off blinders and helping one see how money, sex and power loom large in life, and in seeing, perhaps we can be drawn closer to Christ.