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  • The Curse of Wealth

    Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” Mark 10:23 Mark 10 tells two seemingly unrelated back-to-back stories. In the first, Jesus’ disciples try to keep children from bothering the Teacher. Jesus rebukes them and welcomes and blesses the children. In the…

  • Poor in Spirit

    Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 (NIV) When Luke records this dictum, he leaves off “in spirit,” so it becomes a saying about poverty. Yet what benefit, what good is there in being poor or in having an attitude of poverty? To answer this, I think…