Riches Beyond Wealth: Gospel Lessons Through the Eyes of a Financial Planner

Riches Beyond Wealth is not a guide to managing finances; rather, it explores the spiritual truths Jesus taught. When teaching these truths, Jesus often used parables grounded in everyday experiences, making profound lessons relatable. Because of its central role in society, many of Jesus’s parables feature money and economic themes to explain spiritual truths about the kingdom of heaven. On the surface, the title Riches Beyond Wealth echoes a familiar phrase, suggesting that money holds influence, power, and the ability to shape decisions and open doors. However, within these pages, the phrase takes on a deeper spiritual significance. When Jesus spoke about money in His parables and teachings, He wasn’t addressing material wealth; He used his followers’ experience with money as a vehicle for conveying profound spiritual insights. In His teachings, money “talked” by revealing lessons about identity, value, love, forgiveness, and the kingdom of heaven. Riches Beyond Wealth explores eight key spiritual lessons that Jesus taught, each chapter focusing on a parable where financial principles are used to illuminate deeper spiritual truths. By examining parables such as the prodigal son, the workers in the vineyard, and the talents, this faith-based resource reveals how Jesus used the language of money to communicate profound truths about people and their relationship with God.