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_{Yet, there is a balance, even if Matthew also says, "You cannot serve both}

_{God and money."}

_{The most frequently discussed topic, or the topic the apostles and gospelwriters}

_{wished to address most in the New Testament, is money. It is referenced}

_{more than any other item, according to Biblical scholars. Why?}

_{Commercialism and trade had proliferated in the ancient world.}

_{The values brought by commerce: Greed, sloth, gluttony, and so on, were}

_{to be rejected. Hence, the coming of the savior Jesus Christ.}

_{Today, there is still greed, there is still sloth, there is still gluttony.The workings}

_{of capitalism breed such destructive forces.The Christian way to work within}

_{the context of this framework isn't to reject money and capitalism, it's to "do unto}

_{others as they would do unto you." Of course when competition is involved, that}

_{maxim gets complex. It calls into question modern ethics. To get some real}

_{answers to ethical questions about money in the context of Christianity, I turn}

_{to one of the men the world's largest religion turns to: Father Benedict Groeschel.}