Charles Ponzi

David Phillips

Victor Lustig

Gregor MacGregor

< $20,0000 to be rich need $293,000

< $20,0000 to be rich need $293,000

$30,000 to $60,000 to be rich need $394,000

< $20,0000 to be rich need $293,000

$30,000 to $60,000 to be rich need $394,000

$60,000 to $120,000 to be rich need $426,000

< $20,0000 to be rich need $293,000

$30,000 to $60,000 to be rich need $394,000

$60,000 to $120,000 to be rich need $426,000

> $120,0000 to be rich need > $500,000

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Is your hope in money?OR

Is your hope in God?

The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Proverbs 18:10-11

The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Proverbs 18:10-11

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in

God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

What does generosity

do for people?

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

$25,000 to $50,000 gave away 4.6%

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

$25,000 to $50,000 gave away 4.6%

$50,000 to $75,000 gave away 3.5%

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

$25,000 to $50,000 gave away 4.6%

$50,000 to $75,000 gave away 3.5%$75,000 to $100,000 gave away 3.0%

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

$25,000 to $50,000 gave away 4.6%

$50,000 to $75,000 gave away 3.5%$75,000 to $100,000 gave away 3.0%

$100,000 to $200,000 gave away 2.6%

< $25,000 gave away 7.7%

$25,000 to $50,000 gave away 4.6%

$50,000 to $75,000 gave away 3.5%$75,000 to $100,000 gave away 3.0%

$100,000 to $200,000 gave away 2.6%

$200,000 plus gave away 2.8%

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and

willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that

they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19 NIV

We have a blindness to materialism that is very much like the blindness

we used to have toward slavery. Future generations will look back on

us and say, “How could they not have seen it?”

John Stott