July 31, 2022 Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool

This week we talk about the Parable of the Rich Fool, in which Luke introduces Jesus’ perspective that “one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possession,” a theme we’ll come back to several times as we continue through Luke’s travel narrative. We also talk about the rise of wealth and a middle class in the renaissance and the reformation, and how that affected their take on this passage. Finally we discuss how to apply Jesus’ perspective on wealth to our lives today.