Productive enterprises exist to serve others by providing goods and services, to enable human beings to exercise their calling to work productively, and to use resources wisely.

Putting too much weight on 'earning' as one of the purposes of work, the risk is to fail to hear God's calling for us. This pressure to earn precludes many possibilities of work for God's kingdom.

All wealth ultimately belongs to God – we are always stewards, never owners. The existence of poverty is the result of our individual and collective brokenness, not God’s failure to provide.

Lending and borrowing are key activities in any economic system. The Bible emphasises these transactions which demonstrates that they matter to God, and have been important throughout time.

The command to love the neighbour, and humankind’s dominion over the created order: the relevance of higher-level Derived Social Principles.

The natural order is God’s good creation: it is abundant and fruitful. Looking at general principles behind the OT texts.