A batch of the best highlights from what Lukas's read, .
The evil of Mammon is not money itself, but the broader cult of domination, unsacrificial wealth, violence, and greatness.
Dismissing Jesus
Douglas M. Jones and Peter J. Leithart
Our concern is not just that these methods are wasting human, spiritual, financial, and organizational resources but that these methods are actually exacerbating the very problems they are trying to solve.
When Helping Hurts
Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins, and David Platt
Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance, which argues that people seek to avoid inconsistency, and one way of accomplishing that is to adjust their attitudes to be consistent with their behaviors.