While few of us are millionaires, it is easy to fall victim to greed. When our yearning for another’s possessions takes seed, we produce covetousness. Our materialism becomes insatiable as we attempt to acquire objects that are upgraded or more impressive than our neighbor’s. In Tim Kasser’s, The High Price of Materialism, he presents evidence of how insecurity breeds materialism.2 Advertising targets our feelings of inadequacy to provide that custom home, a 5-star family vacation, or simply possessing every high-tech gadget. Kasser suggests that materialism, i.e. greediness:

    * Works against close interpersonal relationships – “We became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others and they hated us” (Titus 3:3).
    * Works against authenticity and autonomy – “Then [Jesus] said, ‘Beware! Don’t be greedy for what you don’t have. Real life is not measured by how much we own’” (Luke 12:15).
    * Works against the health and happiness – “For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, the pride in our possessions . . . this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever” (1 John 2:16–17).

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