The Goblins Are Coming!
In a newspaper cartoon, two distinguished-looking gentlemen are comfortably seated on soft, upholstered chairs in an upscale office. One says to the other, “Last night I had a most terrible
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Money
Beyond The Artichokes
In an old “Peanuts” cartoon, Charlie Brown is pictured on the beach, building a beautiful sand castle. When the castle is completed, a very self-satisfied Charlie stands back to admire
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Straight From The Heart!
An elderly man bought a lottery ticket and gave it to his wife for safe-keeping. When the winning numbers were announced, she was the first to know that he had
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What Makes The World Go ’round?
An extremely wealthy man, reflecting on his business career and the life it brought him, said, “If you go into the business world with the idea of satisfying all your
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Crossing The Great Divide
A New York Times newspaper column told the story of a New York City woman who was standing at a bank writing table, filling out a form. A man walked
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Laughing At Jesus?
Last May, a syndicated newspaper newspaper column began with these words: Playing the lottery is bad enough, but winning’s even worse! The columnist continued: Even though I am against the
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What Makes The World Go ’round?
Old Cyrus Barker was the richest man in town. When he became terminally ill there was much speculation among the villagers concerning the extent of his wealth. And when Cyrus
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Stand Up And Be Counted
A preacher was becoming terribly distracted by a man who came to Church every Sunday and proceeded to sleep through the entire sermon. One Sunday he decided to do something
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Even My Money
William Allen White, famed Editor of the “Emporia Gazette,” was a staunch member of the Democratic Party. On one occasion, however, he found himself attending a Republican Party convention as
A Question Of Intent
Jesus told His disciples that the “Kingdom of God is like a buried treasure” (Mt. 13:44). In the “Sermon on the Mount” Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves
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The Search Ends Here
After the Ten Commandments had been given, the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven. Do
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Family Values
An American Scripture scholar who had spent two years teaching in a West African Bible College was extremely impressed with his students’ ability to ask penetrating questions about minute details
Our True Nobility
In a book called “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” the author gives a fictional account of what happened when a strange disease invaded the Village of Macondo, Columbia. So powerful
Is It I, Lord?
A prominent psychiatrist1 has written a book called “For the Love of Money” which really unmasks us all. He helps us to understand how important money has become to us
Making Some Progress
Several years ago, a funny thing happened in New York City: five new pizza parlors with five different owners opened up in the same block. It soon became clear that
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Be Content With What You Get
A very wealthy man invited his four married daughters to dinner. “I’m getting on in years,” he said to them, “and I’ve lived a full life for which I’m grateful.
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A Fool For Christ
Jesus comes at the subject of money in two ways. We might call these the “negative” and “positive” ways or, perhaps, “warning” and “opportunity.” On the negative side, Jesus warns
God Rules Everything
Here is a God who can control the sunlight easier than turning a 60-watt electric bulb on and off. Here is God who can move the stars around like billiard
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Your Full Attention
A man was driving through farm country when, to his horror, he saw a farmer striking his mule with a big stick. The outraged man stopped his car and began
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Be It Resolved
Technically, the first day of January is just another day on which the sun rises and sets, the natural cycles run their courses, and we people wake up, eat, breathe,
