Money & Stewardship

Psalm 141

Psalm 141

… A watch over words is better than over wealth.— Lucian. Verse 3. Keep the door of my lips. That it move not creaking and complaining, as on rusty …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… I never wonder when I hear of some professors giving up Christianity, for they have never experienced the joy of it—it was only a burden to them …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… All our wealth of hearing and seeing we shall have need to spend in our heavenly warfare. We shall be forced full often to gird up the loins …

Saying Versus Doing

Matthew 21:28-30

… If to be saved were just a matter of giving what they have, they would part with their last garment for it, but to have to consider, to …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… He says, "Now you Philippians know, also, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me as concerning giving and …

The Plowman

Isaiah 28:24

… Oh, Man, there is nothing more awful than for your soul to be left to go out of cultivation—God Himself giving you up! Surely that is Hell …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… When wealth grows with many a man his worldly estate is fatter, but his soul's state is leaner. To gain silver and lose gold is a poor …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… And more than this, I think, should be expected of those who have wealth. But there is no rule binding with iron force upon you for we are …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… As spiritual treasure is more noble than mere material wealth, so should it be desired and sought after with greater eagerness. Men speak of solid gold, but what …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… Where is a worse name than that of Simon Magus? Simon “believed also,” says the Scripture, and yet he offered the apostles money if they would sell to …

Everybody's Sermon

Hosea 12:10

… the child shall have knowledge to cry, my father and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king …

Untitled Sermon

Acts 9:32-35

… You will find the old lion lifting his head and giving an occasional roar and a shake of his mane, but then he will be chained by the …

Counting the Cost

Luke 14:28-30

… A poor man is suddenly made a prince—it will cost him the giving up of his former manners—and will involve him in new duties and cares …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… Are these accepted with God? Though they bring their wealth to the altar, and speak eloquently of truth and of salvation, have they any favour with God? We …

The Bridegroom's Parting Words

Solomon 8:13

… Is it not so with us? How my heart has longed for these blessed assemblies! Give me a crust and a full Gospel rather than all riches and …

The Secret of a Happy Life

Psalm 16:8

… I mean Solomon of old, who had all the wealth a heart could wish and all the wisdom a brain could hold—and yet was both poor and …

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… Alas, how much the church has lost through us, for if the Christian becomes poor in grace, he lessens the church’s wealth of grace. We have a …

Prayer to God in Trouble an Acceptable Sacrifice

Psalm 50:15

… No doubt certain kings that gave great contributions to the house of God did it to show their wealth or to display their generosity, somewhat in the spirit …

The Covenant

Psalm 111:5

… He solemnly declares, "I will pay you this day fortnight." Poor fellow, he has no money, now, and will not have any then, but he makes a promise …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… Nothing is freer than a gift—"the gift of God is eternal life." He has given us all things for nothing, that we might behold the exceeding riches …

Pilate and Ourselves Guilty of the Savior's Death

Matthew 27:24

… When you have been so eager to be rich that you laughed at the true riches, do you not know that you were twisting a crown of thorns …

Two Visions

Zechariah 1:8-21

… The whole world was subject to one dominion, so that the Apostle Paul and his coadjutors could preach everywhere the unsearchable riches of Christ. I cannot go into …

Home-Mercies

… O Jesus! Thou hast won us an inheritance more wide than Adam ever lost; Thou hast filled our coffer with greater riches than our sin has ever lavished …

The First and Great Commandment

Mark 12:30

… I am not to keep back a single hour, or a single farthing of my wealth, or a single talent that I have, or a single atom of …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… Let us count the prayers of the faithful to be our truest riches. He is the happiest man who shall have the most of God's people lift …

Religion–a Present Enjoyment

… the same testimony, if you have loved the Master? What had all your riches been to you without a Saviour? Can you not say that your religion did …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… By-and-by they are promoted yet again, but as they are promoted and draw more pension money, they spend more. There are certain demands upon them which …

Faith Purifying the Heart

Acts 15:9

… Look to your black, disordered and loathsome self and mourn, but look not there for cure—that were to seek for riches amid bankruptcy and death amid life …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… What would it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own life? Of what use would riches be if life were gone …

The Shortest of the Seven Cries

John 19:28

… Thoughtful men have drawn a wealth of meaning from them, and in so doing have arranged them into different groups, and placed them under several heads. I cannot …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… Paul’s, and left some money with the booksellers.* “My people are very sad; some wept bitterly at the sight of me, although I made no allusion to …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… Have about you what little things you want for spending money but make the best of your way through this Vanity Fair. Keep in marching order. Be prepared …

Christ's Resurrection and Our Newness Of Life

Romans 6:4

… His valuation of money alters. His fear about the state of the stock disappears! His joy in the prospect of a small competency is no more before his …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… live as if we were mere worldlings hunting for wealth, or fame, or pleasure! Some sing of giving all to God and yet their contributions are miserably small …

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… They are something after this fashion—"Grind down the poor and get as much as you can out of them for as little money as possible. Care for …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… To make money, to save money, to grab, to grasp— for this they will grind the workman in his wages. For this they will cheat in the quantity …

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… I believe it is our riches which make us poor and our strength which makes us weak, for when I am weak then am I strong. When I …

God'S Strange Choice

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

… One would have thought that when God said, "No," to the prince, He must have said it in order that He might be excused from giving mercy to …

The Honored Servant

Proverbs 27:18

… so he that keeps his master shall be honored." Is not that a wonderful word? In the interpretation I am giving to the passage, it means that as …

The Red Heifer

Numbers 19:2

… Out of the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus, our necessities are all supplied. But if this, this glaring, this soul-destroying need had not been provided …