The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics

Jerry Bowyer

Sep 2020 · Christian Audio · Narrated by William Sarris

About this audiobook

A close reading of the Gospels, taking history and archeology into account, demolishes the myth of a socialist Jesus.



Theologians virtually ignore the economic commentary in the Bible. In the few cases where it gets any attention, economic commentary in the Gospels and other New Testament writings tend to lapse into simplistic class warfare nostrums. Liberation theologians import Marxism wholesale (but they try to sell it retail) into theology. Academic historians of first-century Palestine/Judea have been pushing an account of a poor peasant Jesus leading a poor peasant's revolt based on the idea of mass displaced workers in Lower Galilee. The problem is the actual archeological findings paint a picture of an industrious and entrepreneurial economy during Jesus's time there. Reading the Gospels in light of archeology and history, which are now available to us, gives us a very different picture than the one you've been told regarding what Jesus taught about work and money.

About the author

Jerry Bowyer is a financial economist, a public speaker for business conferences, a frequent radio and television guest, an author, and a journalist. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Susan, and the youngest three of their seven children. William Sarris is an accomplished voice actor and narrator. In addition to narrating audiobooks, he has been the voice for radio and TV commercials, e-learning, medical training, online videos, and non-broadcast media. He is based in Connecticut.