Money is a powerful influence in our lives, but as Christians, we must view it through the lens of God’s Word. The Bible offers timeless wisdom on money’s nature, purpose, and role in a believer’s life. Is money good, evil, or neutral? How should Christians earn, spend, and give? In this 12-lesson series, Proof of Work: A Biblical Survey of Money, we will explore Biblical truths to build a Christian worldview on money.
Starting with key Scriptures, we’ll address misconceptions and examine topics like stewardship, generosity, and the ethics of wealth. Designed for believers seeking to honor God with their finances, this series equips you to navigate money with wisdom and faith, aligning your resources with God’s kingdom purposes.
Simon Pranaitis explores the use of money for the glory of God in his conclusion to the fourteen-week "Proof of Work" series. In this final lesson, we explore how money is God’s good gift, designed to help us fulfill His purposes in our work and community. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture reveals that money is neither evil nor ultimate, but a tool to be stewarded faithfully under God’s sovereignty. We address lingering questions about debt, tithing, and the role of gold and silver, showing how biblical principles guide our financial decisions. Above all, we are called to use money wisely and generously, doing all things to the glory of God.
24 Aug 2025
Restoration Money (Revelation)
Simon Pranaitis calls believers to be faithful stewards as he explores money's role throughout Revelation's prophetic timeline. Revelation teaches that money cannot protect anyone from God's judgment, yet it can be redeemed for His glory in the eternal kingdom. During tribulation, the wealthy find no refuge from divine wrath, while believers face economic persecution. However, faithful stewards can anticipate Christ's millennial kingdom where resurrected saints reign with perfect government and abundant prosperity.
The eternal kingdom reveals nations bringing treasures into New Jerusalem, demonstrating how faithful stewards participate in God's ultimate plan. This prophetic vision transforms how faithful stewards approach finances today in a world marked by both poverty and excess. Understanding this eternal perspective helps faithful stewards live with joyful anticipation, knowing God reigns forever and believers reign with Him in the coming kingdom where all things are restored according to His perfect design.
17 Aug 2025
A Transformed Ethic of Money, Part 2 (Selected Scriptures)
Simon Pranaitis explores how believers demonstrate a transformed money ethic through four essential practices. First, Christians live hospitably to strangers, opening homes and resources for gospel work as commanded in Romans 12. Additionally, believers contribute cheerfully to those in need outside their local body, following the example of the Macedonian churches who gave joyfully despite deep poverty. Furthermore, the transformed money ethic includes esteeming church leadership highly through generous financial support, recognizing their diligent labor as worthy of double honor. Finally, believers receive the privilege of supporting church planters and missionaries faithfully, enabling full-time gospel ministry. This transformed money ethic flows from hearts changed by the gospel, demonstrating God's generous love through practical stewardship. When believers embrace these principles, they work diligently, save wisely, and give generously, reflecting Christ's sacrificial example, who became poor so that others might become rich.
10 Aug 2025
A Transformed Ethic of Money, Part 1 (Selected Scriptures)
A transformed money ethic reveals how God fundamentally changes believers' approach to finances through New Testament teaching. This transformed money ethic teaches Christians to work diligently rather than live undisciplined lives, expecting others to provide for them. Moreover, believers develop a transformed money ethic that cultivates contentment regardless of circumstances, trusting God's provision instead of loving money. Additionally, this transformed money ethic requires faithful care for family needs, including parents and grandparents, demonstrating true Christian character. Finally, a transformed money ethic motivates generous giving to church members and practicing hospitality, as these financial behaviors become visible expressions of the gospel at work within believers.
3 Aug 2025
Where Is Your Heart? (The Gospels)
Simon Pranaitis examines Jesus' teachings on money through Luke 12:34, exploring how to treasure your heart properly. Furthermore, the message reveals Jesus used money wisely while correcting those who misplaced their treasure, their heart priorities. Additionally, Christ's teachings demonstrate that biblical stewardship requires balancing earthly provision with eternal perspective. Therefore, believers must examine where they treasure their hearts through their financial choices, ensuring their hearts align with Christ's kingdom rather than worldly accumulation.
27 Jul 2025
Government, Taxes, and Money (Selected Scriptures)
This message unpacks a biblical view of taxation by examining key Scriptures on government authority and money. Using passages from Matthew, Romans, and 1 Peter, Simon Pranaitis examines how Christians should respond to unjust taxes while maintaining submission for the sake of conscience. The biblical view of taxation reveals God’s design for limited governmental authority and reminds believers to steward money as God’s property. This biblical view of taxation challenges both the heart and habit.
6 Jul 2025
When Injustice Reigns – Living in a Broken Money System (Selected Scriptures)
Simon Pranaitis examines how a broken money system reflects the spiritual and moral decline of a society, using Israel’s history as a case study. From Solomon’s prosperity to captivity under foreign powers, Pranaitis outlines three lessons for living faithfully in unjust times. This timely message equips believers to honor God’s principles even in a broken money system, urging them to uphold righteousness amid economic and political corruption.
29 Jun 2025
Maintaining a Wise Money Balance (Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes)
In this sermon, Simon Pranaitis guides believers through Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes to emphasize the importance of a wise approach to money. He calls Christians to delight in God’s provision, avoid idolizing wealth, and commit to God’s financial principles. By exploring Scripture, Pranaitis equips listeners with the wisdom to navigate material blessings without succumbing to materialism. This approach to a wise money balance offers clarity, caution, and conviction for every season of financial life.
1 Jun 2025
A Monetary Masterclass (Exodus-Deuteronomy)
Simon Pranaitis explores the biblical view of money as seen in the Mosaic law, revealing how God’s statutes reflect His character and values. This sermon demonstrates that the biblical view of money shows it as a means, not an end, used to glorify God, bless others, and maintain justice in the community. Pranaitis extracts lasting principles from Israel’s laws for modern application.
25 May 2025
Free to Save and Trade (Selected Scriptures)
In this rich exploration of various Scriptures, Simon Pranaitis explains the biblical view of trade and its connection to God’s design for work, property, and stewardship. He shows how trade naturally flows from skilled labor and how money functions as a tool for storing and exchanging value. By highlighting God’s intention for economic activity, the message grounds the biblical view of trade in foundational truths from Genesis to Kings.
18 May 2025
Secondary Sovereignty (Selected Scriptures)
In this sermon, Simon Pranaitis unpacks the biblical foundation of secondary sovereignty, showing how God delegates property stewardship to individuals while retaining ultimate ownership. Using selected Scriptures, he establishes that secondary sovereignty is a God-ordained principle granting humans authority over possessions for their benefit and God's glory. By understanding secondary sovereignty, believers can approach property, money, and stewardship with theological clarity and responsibility.
11 May 2025
Implications of the Fall (Genesis 3)
In this sermon, Simon Pranaitis examines the implications of the Fall as described in Genesis 3, emphasizing how sin has distorted God's original design for work, money, and relationships. The implications of the Fall include death, idolatry, deceit, labor's curse, and broken relationships. Pranaitis points to Christ as the Redeemer who restores what sin has marred. Understanding the implications of the Fall is essential for forming a biblical worldview on money.
4 May 2025
God’s Good Gifts of Work and Money (Genesis 1-2)
In this sermon, Simon Pranaitis lays the groundwork for a biblical view of work, showing that labor is not a curse but a good gift from God. Drawing from Genesis 1 and 2, he explains how work and money are part of God’s original design and highlights their redemptive purpose. The biblical view of work helps believers reframe their understanding of vocation and provision.
27 Apr 2025
What Does the Bible Say About Money? (Selected Scriptures)
In this insightful lesson, Simon Pranaitis launches a new series examining the biblical view of money. Exploring selected scriptures, he challenges believers to align their understanding of finances with God's Word. Emphasizing that money influences every aspect of life, Pranaitis encourages listeners to reshape their worldview through a biblical lens. The biblical view of money is presented as central to faithful Christian living and discipleship.
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