A Biblical Framework for Generosity With Robin John

What does it really mean to be a faithful steward of money? In this episode of Michael Easley inContext, Michael Easley talks with Robin John, author of The Good Investor: How Your Work Can Confront Injustice, Love Your Neighbor, and Bring Healing to the World. Robin shares how witnessing poverty and injustice in India reshaped his understanding of wealth and led him toward faith-based investing. Together, Michael and Robin explore a biblical framework for how Christians earn, spend, give, and invest. If God owns it all, what does faithful stewardship look like? They discuss generosity, contentment, comparison, ethical investing, treating workers justly, starting to invest early, and the importance of understanding what your investments actually support. Chapters 00:00 — God Owns It All: We Are Stewards 01:38 — Robin John's Story and Calling 04:18 — Witnessing Poverty and Injustice 06:43 — Investing for the Common Good 08:05 — “I Am a Human Being Too” 10:30 — Christians, Business, and the Common Good 12:10 — A Biblical Framework for Generosity 14:34 — Make, Save, and Give Money Wisely 17:03 — Can Christians Enjoy Wealth? 19:17 — Contentment and “Enough” 23:08 — Why You Should Start Investing Early 25:23 — Connecting Giving to Its Impact 26:30 — What Are Your Investments Supporting? 28:05 — Faith-Based Investing and 401(k)s 31:00 — Why Investing Can Feel Complicated 32:29 — Ethical Questions in Healthcare Investing 35:16 — Business as an Engine of Blessing 37:30 — Seeing Work as an Act of Generosity 39:41 — Treating Workers Justly 42:06 — A Lesson From Working as a Valet 44:03 — Generosity and Christian Witness 45:22 — Doing Good Work for God's Glory 47:24 — Closing Thoughts Key Topics Covered • Biblical stewardship and ownership • Generosity and the common good • Contentment and comparison • Ethical and faith-based investing • How Christians should think about wealth • Treating employees and workers justly • Starting to invest early • Using work as an expression of generosity • Aligning financial decisions with biblical values Links Mentioned: The Good Investor by Robin John Watch the highlights and full version of this interview on our Youtube channel. For more inContext interviews, click here.