About 25 years ago, in my search for the meaning of wealth as a believer in the Christian faith, I had the privilege of working alongside Mother Teresa helping the destitute in India. Filled with love and compassion, she wrote in my Bible these words: “God Bless You” and signed her ...
if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillbornchild is better off than he.4It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.5Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does th...
14. and the meaning thereof.21. We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others.26. The parable of the seed growing secretly;30. and of the mustard seed.35. Jesus stills the storm on the sea.Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Those are they that were sown upon the good ground. ...
--The variations in the other Gospels, "for my sake and the gospel's" (Mark 10:29), "for the kingdom of God's sake" (Luke 18:29), are significant, (1) as explanatory, (2) as showing that the substantial meaning of all three is the same. The act of forsaking home and wealth...