In 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at Watermark Church on the topic of money. For more information, check out Randy's book The Treasure Principle. In this clip, Randy talks about materialsm and if it matters "how nice" our stuff is. 

By God’s grace, it’s not only others who benefit when we give. Here are just four of the many benefits we receive when we choose generosity.

How can we teach our children the emptiness of materialism in a direct and memorable way? Take them to visit a dump or junkyard. It can actually be a great family event. 

Jesus says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). As long as I still have something, I believe I own it. But when I give it away, I relinquish the control, power, and prestige that come with wealth. At the moment of release, the light turns on. The magic spell is broken. My mind clears, and I recognize God as owner, myself as servant, and other people as intended beneficiaries of what God has entrusted to me.  

Dwight L. Moody once said, “We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity. For in prosperity, we forget God.” 

In October of 2012 Randy Alcorn was interviewed by Dr. John Akers at The Cove in Asheville, NC. In this clip, Randy affirms what Scripture teaches, that it is hard for a rich man to come into the kingdom of God because a rich man has other things he can depend on besides God. As believers we must be wary of this danger of affluence and be more concerned with storing up treasures in Heaven. See Randy's book Managing God's Money for more information. 

The book of Ecclesiastes is the most powerful exposé of materialism ever written. 

I was listening to God in the Dock on audio, and was struck by this portion of an interview with C. S. Lewis.

In this 1 minute long audio clip, Randy talks about how money and things have mass, mass exerts gravity, and gravity holds us in orbit.