Bible heroes who were homeless
In our day, many church leaders have fine homes and are paid a decent income. But in the Bible, some of our greatest heroes were poor and sometimes homeless.
Finding freedom by owning fewer possessions.
In our day, many church leaders have fine homes and are paid a decent income. But in the Bible, some of our greatest heroes were poor and sometimes homeless.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] Tom and I went on a three-day evangelistic journey. We brought no money and no bag. Things went amazingly well.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] One cold winter night I was with other homeless men around a fire, singing songs. Suddenly, one of them murdered the man right next to me.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1990]. Tom and I embarked on our glorious new missionary project. We flew back to Japan. We made our way to Kamagasaki. We became homeless.
Most Christians are as materialistic as anybody else. But the Bible calls us to be content with food and clothing.
The Lord Jesus Christ sent the Twelve on a mission. And later he sent the Seventy. He required radical minimalism.
A young woman named Nadia Eghbal was into fashion. But she decided to wear the same outfit every day for a year. Why did she do this? How did it affect her?
Daniel Suelo lives near Moab in Utah. He is very much like the Old Testament prophets. Since 2000, he lived in a cave, and had zero money. He is thriving!
Canadian Air Force pilot Matt Souveny got into an interesting discussion about what to wear if you could only choose one outfit for the rest of your life.
At age 30, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus left their six-figure careers, got rid of most of their possessions and began living more deliberately.