Is it biblical to say a Christian can serve both God and
money? In the Gospels, Jesus speaks to this point directly; it is not possible.
In early 2017, Inspire Investing established two new exchange-traded funds having
a “biblically responsible” approach to investing—meaning that they would avoid
buying shares in companies that have “any degree of participation in activities
that do not align with biblical values.”[1]
That such activities include even tolerance for gay employees raises the
question of just how practical an evangelical investment strategy is after the
U.S. Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in all of the 50 republics making up
the U.S.
The full essay is at "Biblically-Based Investment Funds."
1. Liz Moyer, “Alongside
Faith in Investing, Funds Offer Investment Rooted in Faith,” The New York Times, February 28, 2017.
