Wealth Doesn't Equal Blessing

There is no way, if you take the whole counsel of God's Word, that you can equate riches or material things as a sign of God's blessing.

The Worst Hypocrisy

What was so bad about [the Pharisees'] hypocrisy? If we think of it as consisting merely in their teaching or pretending one thing while in fact practicing ...

Poisoned by Greed

Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up ...

Statistic: Credit Card Debt

In 1995, the average amount of credit card debt per cardholder: $3,900

In 2004, the average amount of credit card debt per cardholder: $9,312

In 2018, the ...

Frozen in Greed

Clovis Chappell wrote in his book of sermons Feminine Faces:

"When Pompeii was being excavated, there was found a body that had been embalmed by the ...

When Desire Becomes Coveting

When does proper desire become coveting? I think we can put the answer down simply: desire becomes sin when it fails to include the love of God or men. ...

The Meaning of Covetousness

Covetousness is simply craving more of what you have enough of already.

Deeper Possession the Higher Ambition

Surely the higher ambition is entering into the deeper possession of what we already have rather than going out to acquire something new.

Bedrooms and Boardrooms

The Church is uncommonly vocal about the subject of bedrooms and so singularly silent on the subject of boardrooms!

"Just Good Business"?

The phrase "It's just good business" is often used to excuse an act or practice that, when examined critically, could scarcely be called ...