Can't Buy Heaven

Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; ...

Disappointment in America

The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.

Gambling with Big Money

On February 26, 1995, Barings, the oldest bank in Britain, announced it was seeking bankruptcy protection after losing nearly one billion dollars in a ...

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 ...

No Loose Strings

We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have ...

The Love of Money ...

We have created an affluence that has permeated every working sector of the United States. [On the strength of that security,] we have been able to sweep ...

Great Expectations

Lech Walesa made the observation that "Americans are drifting away from spiritual values as they become richer." He said that "sooner or ...

Indifference to Poverty

The well-off and the secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and the deprivation in their midst. The poor have been shut ...

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.

Spiritual Boasting

Spiritual things are not to be boasted of. One can boast of worldly riches, and the paper money will not fly away unspent nor will the amount magically ...