The Danger of Private Property

Those who wish to make room for the Lord must find pleasure not in private, but in common property. Redouble your charity. For, on account of the things ...

A Sermon to the Rich

From a sermon to the rich:

That bread which you keep, belongs to the hungry; that coat which you preserve in your wardrobe, to the naked; those shoes which ...

The Evil of Usury

Usury (exorbitant interest) lives off the bodies of the poor.

The Greed of a Millionaire

A chapter heading in Calvin Miller's book A Requiem for Love reads:

A beggar asked a millionaire

"How many more dollars

Would it take to

Make you ...

Being Thankful

After a morning session at vacation Bible school, my grandson, Macky, complained to a friend that there weren't enough red crayons to go around and ...

Giving Back to God

I just bought a used car. I need to get a license plate bracket that says, "Given by God, owned by God, and to be used for the purposes of God." ...

God's Junk Mail

The other twenty million finalists might as well give up. One of the gold-sticker-laden sweepstakes entry forms and magazine sales pitches that show up ...

The Dangers of Money

If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.

The Love of Money in America

No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held in honor. The American ...

The Tigress of Rome

The Tigress of Rome

(900s AD)

Marrying for money was a way of life for Marozia, the woman who dominated the papacy during the 10th century. When barely ...