While Christians believe work is a good thing in itself, we are also aware that it is not good to work unceasingly. We know from personal experience that...
In IFWE’s new booklet, Wholehearted: A Biblical Look at the Greatest Commandment and Personal Wealth, Dr. Scott Redd, president and associate professor of Old Testament at the Washington,...
Job is an unimpeachable example of the righteous rich. But, those classified as the righteous rich are not always such paragons of righteousness, as Abraham’s story shows. Even...
What exactly characterizes the “righteous” in the righteous rich? Job can be identified with the righteous rich. He is described in Job 1:1 as “blameless, upright, fearing God...
In a recent post, we discussed the misguided belief that righteousness inevitably leads to riches. Although we cannot say that the one necessarily leads to the other, it...
Surprising as it may be, the category of the righteous rich does in fact exist, and the Bible contains many important truths about this category. People have addressed...
While it sometimes seems as though the category of “unrighteous poor” is in danger of being forgotten altogether, this is certainly not the case for the “unrighteous rich.”...
Every leader has moments of intense loneliness and fear. Consider the example of Joshua. Joshua was one of the great leaders in Jewish history. He began as an...
The hurdler crouches in position, ready to take on the obstacles before him or her. They can run straight ahead, head down, plowing through whatever gets in their...
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