We all have our opinions in this area. How do we consider when one is prosperous? I guess most would look at this area as someone who has a lot of property. But in reality, it is probably all mortgaged. Or we may look at one’s bank account where people have many dollars. But how secure is this in …

In any sport, even in business, when people won’t assume the duties of their position, no matter who you are or where you are, not only is your own life affected but also the lives of others. Depending on your position, sometimes many are affected. There is no human being on the earth today that is …

D. L. was born in 1837 only to lose his father four years later. He wasn’t born into a wealthy family, and his mother had eight other children. By the time D.L. was 10, his education was over. He had to go to work to help the family with finances. At 17, he struck out on his own, and in his first …

The Bible is full of accounts of God choosing people who most of us would look at as failures; disgusting people who were murderers, prostitutes and a hundred other types of what many look at as “lowlife” people without culture and having little hope to make any real contribution to society. Yes, …

Everyone does something for a reason. Each person is, at times, doing certain things for certain reasons, and no matter the deed done, God always knows exactly why you truly do it. King David, in the Bible, tells us of one such man. He, at his highest position in life, was the general of the king’s …

Each and every person who has ever lived on this earth has invested their money and time into things- from houses and land to entertainment. The list is endless. There are areas we must invest in to live. We need shelter, food, clothing and other necessities. But even these areas can be …

God has ways of working out His plans and doing things through us that we never dreamed possible. Sometimes we forget that all things are possible when we are willing to be used by God. Here is an interesting story from the book The Least Likely: In September 1898, John Nicholson, a traveling …

Jesus taught a lesson in the Bible in the book of Matthew 25:14-30. The story is referred to as the “Parable of the Talents.” It’s a lesson of a wealthy king who leaves eight talents with three different people and told them to invest them while he was gone, and that when he returns he will expect …

There is a big difference. We no longer can put Christianity and religion in the same box. There is becoming a wider gap. The reality is that our world is changing. Political correctness has replaced truth. So what are some of the differences? Some we’ve always known, yet more are rising on the …

They are everywhere. You’ll meet them at every church, at Gospel singings, revival meetings and home Bible studies. There are a lot of them, and the number seems to be growing. It’s those folks that are what is called sometimes, as the Bible says, ones with “itching ears!” They only want to hear …