“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Matthew 3:11)…
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Water and Spirit
Tagged with: Abraham, baptism, baptism with the Holy Spirit, baptism with water, Bethel, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Lot, spiritual rebirth, the Bible, wealth
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
The Myth of Ownership: A Thanksgiving Reflection
One of the most powerful and enduring fictions of human society is the idea that we can own things. A large part of our legal, civil, and social system is based on property ownership and the right to possess what…
Tagged with: Creation, God, human law, nature, ownership, property, property ownership, spirituality, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the human body, wealth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Tommy Gilbert: The Curse of Free Money and Easy Living
Thomas Gilbert, Jr., 30, had everything. His father was a Wall Street multimillionaire. He grew up amid wealth and luxury. He had attended the best private schools, and graduated from Princeton University in 2009 with a degree in economics. He…
Tagged with: adulthood, business, heaven, money, service, spirituality, Thomas Gilbert, Thomas S. Gilbert, Tommy Gilbert, violence, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business, Spiritual Growth
Money Can’t Buy Happiness . . . But Service Can
It’s a commonplace that money can’t buy you happiness. Studies show that people who win big in the lottery end out no happier than if they didn’t win. Razan Shalab Al-Sham had plenty of money. She grew up as the…
Tagged with: happiness, money, National Public Radio, NPR, Razan Shalab Al-Sham, service, spirituality, Syria, Syrian revolution, Syrian uprising, the lottery, war, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills . . . I mean, in Them Thar Earthquakes
This just in: Over 80% of the world’s commercially viable gold deposits were formed in mountain-building earthquakes. That’s the conclusion of a recent study by Australian geologists Richard Henley and Dion Weatherley. Earthquakes don’t create gold. Rather, they cause gold…
Tagged with: Dion Weatherley, earthquakes, gold, jewelry, mining, natural disasters, pain, plate tectonics, Richard Henley, science, spirituality, wealth, wedding rings
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Science Philosophy and History, Spiritual Growth
The Inn or the Manger?
Let’s say you’re God (just go with me on this one . . .), and you decide you want to try out the human thing. You know, get born on earth and live out a lifetime there. The question is,…
Tagged with: Advent, business, Christianity, Christmas, God, Jesus Christ, love, power, spirituality, the Bible, the inn, the manger, the nativity, wealth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
You Cannot Serve both God and Money
Here is a comment that jesusandthebible made on my article, “Is Wealth a Blessing or a Curse?” So you can love God and mammon, as long as your heart and character are right? But if your heart loves mammon–as well…
Tagged with: business, God, love, money, neighbor, poverty, service, spirituality, the Bible, wealth, you cannot serve God and mammon, you cannot serve God and money, you cannot serve two masters
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
Is Wealth a Blessing or a Curse?
As I write this, John McAfee is on the lam. Yes, the founder of antivirus software giant McAfee Inc. has now apparently been classified as a human “virus” by the police in the small Central American country of Belize, where…
Tagged with: business, evil, John McAfee, Joshua Davis, money, poverty, service, sex, spirituality, the Bible, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
The Gold Standard
In an article in the November 19, 2012 issue of Forbes magazine titled “Gold and the Wicked Magicians,” Steve Forbes advocates a return to the gold standard. If major world currencies such as the U.S. dollar were tied in value…
Tagged with: business, James A. Bland, love, money, neighbor, new Jerusalem, Revelation, Ron Paul, service, spiritual meaning, Steve Forbes, the Bible, wealth
Posted in Money and Business, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Money and Business, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
What Does Religion Have to Do with My Profession and My Daily Work?
What Business does Religion have with Business? Many people think that religion and business have nothing to do with each other, and that money is somehow anti-spiritual. But did you know that money is one of the most common subjects…
Tagged with: business, money, neighbor, religion, service, spirituality, wealth, work, worship
Posted in Money and Business, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Money and Business, Spiritual Growth
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