James moves to a new application in giving a warning specifically about business forecasting.[1] Somewhat unusually, he focuses first on the principle...
James takes up the topic of work in detail in the second part of chapter 2. When discussing work, he invariably uses the plural “works” (Greek erga) rather than the singular “work” (Greek...
Stephen Colbert on Faith and Humor Stephen Colbert discusses how his faith intersects with his humor and why humor is an appropriate...
The well-being of the rich is not Jesus’ only concern with regard to wealth. He also cares about the well-being of the...
Jesus’ first problem with wealth is that it tends to displace God in the lives of wealthy people. “For where your treasure...
Throughout Luke, Jesus teaches that living in God’s kingdom means looking to God, rather than human effort, as the ultimate source of...
If the exiled Jews in Babylon missed the positive example in chapter 18, Ezekiel 22 gives them an explicit picture of where...
The proverbs do not stop with commending generosity but go further to claim that caring for the poor is a matter of...
After one of the prophets in Elisha’s circle died, his family fell into debt. The fate of...
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