Money & Stewardship

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… Why, therefore, do you think Him long? If in all eternity you are to meditate upon the riches of God in Christ revealed to you in these 6000 …

A Word for the Persecuted

1 Samuel 20:10

… May we count the reproach of Christ greater riches than all earth’s treasures. Never may a coward blush defile our cheek because we are ashamed of Jesus …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… Is my price too high? It is, "without money, and without price," so you cannot say that! "Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Come …

Mocked of the Soldiers

Matthew 27:29

… I cannot leave this set of lessons for your heart without giving you one more. That is, see the grand facts behind the scorn. I do believe—I …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… Still for a little time the money continues to be brought into the Society, and foreign missions are sustained. Can you not imagine reading in the next report …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… But when God speaks, who brings in both His hands eternal and abiding riches, men are deaf as the adder, careless as the beasts of the field! He …

The Bond of the Covenant

Ezekiel 20:34-38

… Thus the Lord often brings His people away from their sins by giving them sharp and cutting experiences of what evil will do for them. If such is …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… The father lived unregenerate and died without giving any testimony of a change of heart. When our Sister speaks of him, it is with fearful anguish. She does …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… is this Grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unreachable riches of Christ." It really is a Grace to be permitted to preach the Gospel …

Repentance Must Go With Forgiveness

… lead us to Jesus, who will freely give us the double benediction of repentance and remission, according to the riches of His grace. "BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED."

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… Try to be disinterested—do not say, "I must see something for my money." Oh, no, no! Your wondrous inheritance of innumerable blessings, for which you never toiled …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… The proud man bows down before the idol of worldly power; the covetous man before the idol of money; the adulterer before the idol of beauty; and so …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… I bless the Holy Spirit for thus sanctifying me by giving me a higher standard of holiness and making me more particular about things which I glossed over …

The Soul Winner

… I should be very sorry if the practice of adding up, and deducting, and giving in the net result were to be abandoned, for it must be right …

Life's Inevitable Burden

Galatians 6:6

… You have wealth? There is a burden there. On the other hand, you live in obscurity. Your utmost sphere is your little children and your one or two …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… Then, if they display any ability for speaking—without giving up their daily avocations—they shall have classes provided for higher branches of instruction. But should they feel …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… Instead of giving the divisions at the commencement, I will mention them one by one as I proceed. I. First, you will note that the prophet insisted upon …

Accepted of the Great Father

Ephesians 1:6

… God find a great delight in giving of their substance to the glory of His name. I know that when money is needed for the Church of God …

The Great Catastrophe at the Surrey Gardens Music Hall

… The age which could be content with quiet amusements, free from loose associations, was passing away, and giving place to a generation which looked for more flavour in …

Ploughing the Rock

… Money is tight, and therefore he must hold it tight; and when money brings in little interest, he finds therein a reason for being the more niggardly. He …

Seeking Richly Rewarded

Psalm 34:10

… How can I say that I am desiring to glorify God by following a pursuit which is sinful, by giving loose to my anger and speaking rashly? By …

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… looks to that grand display of God's love to man, namely, His giving His only-begotten Son to become a curse for us, shall surely live. Now …

Our Omnipotent Leader

Matthew 28:18

… to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory …

Christ Triumphant

Colossians 2:15

… O robber of our race, how art thou spoiled and carried away captive! Didst thou despoil Adam of his riches? The second Adam hath rent them from thee …

Secret Sins Driven Out By Stinging Hornets

Deuteronomy 7:20

… should sicken and die? You can bless a giving God—could you bless a taking God? Suppose that your riches took to themselves wings, and every one of …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… His delights are with the sons of men and He is happy in the society of those whom He has purchased with His precious blood! Keep on giving …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… We seek not gold and riches, or the dignities of this world, but we long for thy light, we desire more ardently to know thee, therefore "shine forth …

The Wall Daubed with Untempered Mortar

Ezekiel 13:10-12

… comes." Alas! Alas, for an age given up to eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage! Has it never heard of Noah's flood, or of that greater …

Prayer, the Proof of Godliness

Psalm 32:6

… You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble." Brethren, the Lord takes care to keep us praying, does He not, by giving us constant needs …

God's Nearness To Us

Acts 17:27

… He is within us, keeping our hearts in motion—and around us, giving to the air we breathe its power to sustain life. So also is the Lord …

The Last Census

Psalm 87:6

… To have had the Light of God shining upon sightless eyes will have been of no use, or giving of sight. To have sat in these pews, though …

A Call To Worship

Zechariah 8:21

… If there is not the spirit of prayer in a Church there may be wealth, there may be talent, there may be a measure of effort, there may …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… You must go and meet an experience if that experience is to bring you riches in both its hands. I mean that David's experience was that God …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… Some of you have lost a husband or a child, and you have come from wealth to poverty. Yes, He has used the knife, or else He were …

What God Cannot Do!

Titus 1:2

… He says, "if I were hungry I would not tell you." Mines of inexhaustible riches are His and treasures of infinite power and wisdom. He cannot gain anything …

Psalm 129

Psalm 129

… What so frequently and effectually shows the necessity of piety as the sharp teachings of affliction? They show what moralists and preachers never could, that riches profit not …

Scriptural Salvation

Romans 10:11

… I said before that Paul is not quoting verbatim et literatim—he aims at giving the sense of the passage and, therefore, paraphrases it so as to remind …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… Well, all this while Jesus Christ has been slowly passing by you—halting, pausing, giving you space—if perhaps you would call to Him for mercy. O take …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, and the cares ofthis world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of …

An All-important Question

John 9:35

… He finds him out with His right hand full of yet richer treasures— giving to him exceeding abundantly above what he had asked or even thought! In order …