Hello Malcolm and Slim! I just listened to the re-release of the anti-greed Gospel interview. My Sunday school class is going through the parables and we just covered the “good“ Samaritan. After listening to your interview, I’m definitely going to read your book, but it got me thinking, is the parable of the Samaritan who showed mercy not just about “who is my neighbor” but also our financial responsibility toward our neighbors?

one question then a quick story- I recently watched an interview by Benjamin Watson interviewed Boyce Watkins on “the just life”, I am curious how you think his thinking fits into capitalism vs socialism I can understand how he is encouraging people (esp the ones with lower incomes) to build wealth, I do not know where he stands on the Christian faith, but it seems to be in response to lack of money management teaching to people in a lower income bracket The story is as a young 20 year old I was thinking one day about what if I won the publishing clearhouse sweepstakes (1 million) of course I have some to charity but began thinking how would spend it, as I continued at one point I said to myself- “ I need more money!” I then laughter at myself and realized as much as I wanted to do some good I was enamored by the money🤣🤣

When talking about greed, especially given these volatile times with Israel and antisemitism, how do we properly separate legitimate discourse on greed from Jewish tropes baked into much of Christian thought throughout the centuries? I included a reference post from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (although you probably don't need it) :