On this episode, Dr. John Thornton shares lessons about wealth from Luke 16:1-13, the Parable of the Shrewd Servant, and what he calls the 鈥淩ich Right Plan.鈥�
John is the L.P. and Bobbi Leung Chair of Accounting Ethics at Azusa Pacific University鈥檚 L.P. and Timothy Leung School of Accounting. He hosts the soon-to-launch Getting Rich Right podcast (gettingrichright.com) with Moody鈥檚 Gary Chapman Team, and is the author of Jesus鈥� Terrible Financial Advice: Flipping the Tables on Peace, Prosperity, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Moody Publishers 2017).
A CPA with a PhD in accounting, John has served as Chair of the American Accounting Association鈥檚 Public Interest Section, and Chair of the AAA鈥檚 Professionalism and Ethics Committee. His research on auditor independence, auditor litigation, and ethical whistle-blowing has been published in top academic journals, including Accounting, Organizations & Society, Advances in the Public Interest, Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting, and Managerial Auditing Journal.聽 John鈥檚 TEDx Talk, 鈥淔lipping Rich,鈥� is one of several innovative ways he encourages people to handle wealth with integrity.