Denying Our Desires

In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income at the same level as the average middle-class families in their hometown, Memphis, so they could give their money to causes that advanced God’s kingdom. Their company is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and yet their salaries have only changed for cost-of-living adjustments. The Barnharts have done what is folly in the eyes of the w...