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.

Cost of Living

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living."

Billionaire for a Day

Jeff Ferrera of Waukegan, Illinois, was reconciling his checkbook and called First National Bank of Chicago to get his current balance.

"Your primary checking ...

Money Draws Flies

The Chicago Tribune (9/1/96) ran the story of Buddy Post, "living proof that money can't buy happiness." In 1988, he won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania ...

Profitable Waste

The lottery promotes the interesting moral notion that if people are inclined to waste their money, the government should make it fun for them. And take ...

Secret Generosity

Let us hide away our charity--yes, hide it even from ourselves. Give so often, and so much as a matter of course, that you no more take note that you ...

Oseola McCarty: Washboard of Education

Oseola McCarty, 87, did one thing all her life: laundry.

Now she's famous for it--or at least for what she did with $150,000 of the $250,000 she saved ...

The Wisdom of the Simple

Neal, a kind and loveable character about town, was considered by many to be quite simple minded. Time after time people in our small village would come ...

Give According to What You Have

Giving a tithe means nothing if God has enabled you to give 50 percent.