When Wealth is a Blessing

       “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.  The labor of the righteous leads to life, the wages of the wicked to sin…The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it” (Proverbs 10:15-16, 22).    Send article as PDF…

A Prating Fool

         If you are a person who thoroughly enjoys the sound of your own voice, you are in real danger spiritually-speaking.  This is especially true if you are ignorant, misinformed, or thoroughly enamored with the trivial.  It behooves you to promptly realize that…

The Blessedness of Righteousness

       God is not obscure in stating those who He will bless and those He will not.  Proverbs 10:6-7 is one such example of His plainspokenness: “Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.  The memory of the…

The Importance of Being Diligent

       Laziness is a most repulsive character flaw.  It makes servants unprofitable to their masters and will result in every unprofitable servant of God being cast into the outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 25:26-30).    Send article as…

Two Things Money Cannot Buy

       In heaven, gold is such an insignificant commodity, it is used to pave its streets (Revelation 21:21).  As Proverbs 10:2-3 demonstrates, there definitely are things that money cannot buy.  “Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.  The Lord will not allow the…