Psalm 107 relates human economic endeavors to the world of God’s creation. It is worth citing at length. Some went down to...
“LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. Psalm 107:6 Psalm 107 reminds us to “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!” (107:1). The bulk...
First the Teacher explores achievement. He was both a king and a sage — an overachiever to use today’s terms — “surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me” (Eccl. 1:16). And what...
Then the Teacher turns to wealth, which may be gained as a result of toil. What about the accumulation of wealth as the higher purpose behind work? This turns out to be worse...
Sometimes the godly have a skewed perspective on how God governs, and this causes them needless anxiety. They think that the righteous...
Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind. Psalms 49:10 Psalm 4...
This call to reorientation means that we reshape our lives to think and do according to Jesus’...
Jesus’ first problem with wealth is that it tends to displace God in the lives of wealthy people. “For where your treasure...
1. The Situation A man accosts Jesus demanding that he settle a dispute between himself and his brother about their father’s inheritance...
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