Living With Wealth Without Losing Your Soul: A Pastor’s Journey from Guilt to Grace

by Steve Perry

For many Christians, wealth is accompanied by a certain measure of guilt, compelling them to hide their prosperity for fear of being judged. Perry once believed poverty brought people closer to God. Then he fell in love with a woman from a wealthy family, and his own theology stopped fitting his life.

That personal tension became the seed of Living With Wealth Without Losing Your Soul. In it, Perry discusses the guilt many Christians feel about money and asks whether Scripture actually demands that response.

• Common misreadings of Bible passages about wealth
• Why “money is the root of evil” misses the actual verse
• Wealth as a magnifier of character, not a corrupting force
• Practical answers to hard questions, like “why not just give it all away?”

Written with humor and personal honesty, Perry analyzes some of the common modern understandings of Bible passages and parables to show that justly earned wealth is as much a gift from God as any of his other gifts. Wealthy Christians don’t need to hide their prosperity. Instead, stewardship can be a path that can draw someone closer to God.