What does Tribe teach about worry about finances?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on finances starts not with budgeting advice but with a question about the heart. Brian Hunter points out that Jesus talks about finances more in the gospels than he does about hell, because Jesus understands that where our money goes tells us something true about where our affections actually live. That connection is not incidental. It is the reason Brian says giving disciplines the flesh and reflects the heart.
Brian walked through Matthew 6, where the familiar verses about not worrying over food and clothing are not floating free. They sit inside a longer argument that begins with treasure stored on earth versus heaven and ends with seeking the kingdom first. The through-line is trust. Many people trust Jesus in theory, Brian noted, but keep their finances at arm's length, and that gap is worth examining honestly. He also drew on Luke 7, where Jesus says the woman forgiven much loves much, and pressed on what it means that most of us grade our own sin on a curve. The corrective is that all have sinned and fall short, and the depth of love we show toward Jesus has a direct relationship to how seriously we reckon with how much we have been forgiven. As Brian puts it, "There's a difference between belief and trust."
The practical turn came from John 6, the feeding of the five thousand, where five loaves and two fish became twelve baskets of leftovers. The invitation Brian drew from that story is simply to give Jesus something to work with. Worry about finances often comes from holding everything tightly and calculating whether there is enough. Brian's teaching suggests that giving, practiced as a spiritual discipline rather than a church fundraising obligation, is one of the concrete ways a person trains their heart to stop that calculation and actually trust. "Giving reflects our heart and is a practical way of expressing our love for Jesus."
Taught from Matthew 6:19-34 · Luke 7:47 · John 6:5-13 · Romans 3:23 · James 2:10
“There's a difference between belief and trust.”
From Three Aspects of Tithing
The passage taught · Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- July 14, 2025 Three Aspects of Tithing Brian Hunter walks through Matthew 6 and Luke 7 to show why giving reflects love and trust in God, not just a church budget line.
- July 13, 2025 Love, Trust, and Something to Work With Brian Hunter explores tithing as an act of love and trust, drawing from Matthew 6 and John 6 to show how giving reflects the heart and invites God to act.