by William J. Stewart Joel Osteen assures his readers and followers: God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
Category: Money
What does the Bible say about gambling?
John Hines | via Watching & Waiting (woodlandchurchofchrist.org) Many turn a blind eye to it. Many see nothing wrong with it. States have legalized it telling us how the money goes to support the schools yet just as quickly as money comes in the front door it leaves through the back and the schools are…
The Idols of Today
by Wayne Goff In studying Colossians 1, we see a very specific description of the greatness and completeness of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am afraid that many Christians today would find that description rather boring and uninteresting. So why did Paul, by inspiration, teach these things about Jesus? Because in the first…
All Things Work Together For Good
William J. Stewart | Is That Really What It Means? In 3 John 1:2, we read: …I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. This simple greeting from John to Gaius has become the heart of a modern movement known as the health and wealth gospel….
Dollars & Sense
William J. Stewart | Lessons from the Book of Proverbs There is no shortage of confusion on what the Bible says about wealth. There are some who affirm that God’s plan for His people is to shower financial wealth upon them, while others speak of material prosperity as though it were a plague to be…
Is Gambling A Sin?
by William J. Stewart It is a common thing to see advertising for a variety of gambling options on TV, on billboards, and online. Perhaps you’ve seen the lotto ad in which two men play a game of “hide and seek” with a helicopter and speed boat? Or the promise of $1,000 cash per week…
Laying Up Treasure
William J. Stewart “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will…