Tag: Character & Virtue

The life of Daniel provides a clear example of a man who was faithful to God in his career. Here are three lessons Daniel models for Christians seeking...

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?/My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends/Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends/So Lord, won’t you...

God’s Heart for the Poor During my senior year in college, I decided to read the Bible straight through quickly rather than in bite-sized chunks. When I did...

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand...

On the wall at our office at IFWE is a beautiful picture of Ruth, as illustrated in the new Saint John’s illuminated Bible. In this print, Ruth seems...

I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink,...

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and...

What exactly are incentives, and why should they be important to Christians? Yesterday we began answering this question by looking at how the Bible treats incentives. Today we’ll...

Why do we do good things? Why do we carry out acts of love and charity? Conversely, why do we make bad decisions, or choose to do evil...

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