Money & Stewardship

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… may not say to you, "You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices." "Bless the Lord …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… All these years He has crowned us with His goodness by giving us the good Word to preach in His name. But, dear Brothers and Sisters, I am …

What The Church Should Be

1 Timothy 3:15

… What have we to do with giving either a Protestant or a Catholic sense to Scripture? Is it not our duty to give the true sense, be it …

The Two Yokes

Jeremiah 28:13

… Still giving but a word to each case, we have hearers who, when they listen to the word, are haunted with reproach, but never softened with repentance, because …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… I do not know how many years! And you have always been losing money, though you had no capital when you started, yet, somehow or other, you have …

Clearing the Road to Heaven

Isaiah 62:10

… You cannot tell whether you are predestinated to be rich, but you endeavor to make money. You do not know whether you will live through the day, but …

The Necessity of Increased Faith

Luke 17:5

… been increased, go to the Lord, and say, “increase our faith!” If your money is accumulating, go to the Lord, and say, “Increase our faith;” for you will …

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit

John 19:30

… Everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters and he that has no money come." O that I could "compel" you to come! Great God, won't You …

Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:29

… that there was a great Savior and great salvation to be had without money and without price! If you could plead such an excuse as that, it would …

Forts Demolished and Prisoners Taken

2 Corinthians 10:5

… When a man yields himself to Jesus, he should comprehend his house, his money, his body, his time, his wife, his children—everything in the deed of surrender …

Where Is the Lord?

Isaiah 63:11-14

… She has been dallying with the world! She has tried to gain money for her objectives by the basest of means. She has played the harlot in what …

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… Observe, too, that your heavenly Father rules in providence, giving you what you need, for He has said, "No good thing will I withhold from them that walk …

The Determination of Christ to Suffer for His People

Mark 15:23

… He could find money in a fish's mouth, but it was to pay the tribute, not for Himself. He could scatter mercies wherever He went—open men …

The Preparatory Prayers of Christ

Luke 3:21

… Do not insinuate anything about him to others, but tell the Lord what your anxiety is concerning him. "But So-and-So has made a lot of money …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… Then thirdly, real freedom must come to us from the Son, that glorious Son of God, who, being free and giving Himself to us, gives us freedom. And …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… Here I have money that I cannot use because there are no objects of charity to whom I can give it—I wish Jesus Christ would come down …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… And if he had no money he was placed in servitude till he had bought himself free again—an institution not altogether indefensible, I think—and having a …

Mealtime In The Corn Fields

Ruth 2:14

… Shepherd "leaves the ninety and nine" to seek it. "A lost piece of money." But He "sweeps the house" to find you. "A prodigal son." But He sets …

Guile Forsaken When Guilt Is Forgiven

Psalm 32:2

… says a creditor to his debtor, "you owe me a great deal of money, but if you will bring me the account, I will receipt it all." My …

Morning And Evening Songs

Psalm 92:2

… If they make money, for instance—well, they are "doing pretty well." "Pretty well," do they call it? Time was, when, if they had done half so well …

Faith and Its Attendant Privileges

John 1:11-13

… am ashamed of him! He a son of God? He who must make money! And hold it, and keep it? He, a son of God? He is not …

A Present Helper

Acts 18:10

… We have seen men with money, who were not happy. We have seen men with honor, who were not happy. We have seen persons in power, with the …

A High Day in Heaven

Luke 15:10

… the Master, you sweepers in the dust looking for the lost pieces of money! You candle-holders who have been shedding your feeble rays as far as you …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… I do not know, my Brethren, whether there are not some Christians giving away tracts at other people's houses who would do well to give away a …

The Putting Away Of Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… And what a thought it is that when they had performed this hideous self-denial and made themselves wretched for life, desolating their family hearth by giving up …

Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon

Jeremiah 50:20

… He will not trust him with his money as he does his son who never wandered away from home. But God pardons completely. He harbors no ill thought …

Cleansing—Wrong Or Right?

Job 9:30

… spot, nor even half a spot! Some have given away large sums of money with the hope of thereby cleansing themselves from sin. But all the gold in …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… his Savior's precious blood, in the bliss of salvation graciously bestowed without money and without price, he shakes himself from the dust, arises from his former love …

Spots in Our Feats of Charity

… I cannot comprehend how he can break bread at the Lord's Table when he is spending his life with harlots, or gaining money by dishonesty. But sin …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… a thick darkness like that which became the canopy of Deity at the giving of the Law. Then Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke and the Lord …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… When the redemption money was paid by the Jews, it was said, "The rich shall give no more, and the poor shall give no less because every man …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… Prayer, praise, consecration, giving, holy living—these are all ordained. Let us be diligent in the mixing up of these sweet savors. We must bring before God, if …

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… He came, according to them, to save persons who do their very best by attendance at worship, taking the sacrament, giving to the poor, paying their way and …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… If it is not love of money, it is love of power and influence." To the Christian people they say, "No doubt you increase your business by it …

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… My former good works became, in my judgment, like forged bank notes or counterfeit money—I was afraid of being charged with the attempt to use them! Alas …

Fencing the Table

1 Corinthians 11:28

… in the time of their poverty, or there is a distribution of alms money among the needy communicants. Ah, dear Friends, however poor you may be, it would …

All At It

Acts 8:4

… a second? Or of another, he lived to save a good deal of money and take shares in limited liability companies? Or of a third, he lived to …

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… For if a man has your purse you want him near you, so as to tell him what you wish to have done with the money. So, when …

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin

Jeremiah 17:1

… Everybody knows that when he has been making money, if he indulges the propensity to acquire, it will become a perfectly tyrannical master ruling his entire being. Therefore …

Israel's Cry and God's Answer

… Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. But when the time of …