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You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. –Matthew 23:24 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not … Continue reading →

Originally from here. “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day; and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and … Continue reading →

This is a sermon about the parable of the rich fool. His opening text is Luke 12:20: “But God said to him, ‘You fool!’” He elaborates on how the rich farmer was financially planning for his whole life ahead of … Continue reading →

Wesley’s expression “increasing riches” could be also termed as financial growth, economic growth, or economic development; it could also be used in the sense that P. T. Bauer means in Dissent on Development, when he applied his theory of working, … Continue reading →

If you think Wesley was scathingly critical in “The Danger of Riches” (1780), then you will also find him so in this one. When he refers to the “rich” and their “riches,” know that he is referring to millionaires and … Continue reading →

“Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction” (1 Timothy 6:9). There should be no unjust gain, theft, extortion, fraud, or deceptive … Continue reading →

This is probably the best-known sermon by Wesley on economic ethics. It was this one that Kathleen MacArthur heavily relied on for The Economic Ethics of John Wesley. There are three main principles that Wesley uses in his formula of … Continue reading →

This is an excellent sourcebook on the views held by businessmen in the 18th century. Defoe, you may know, was the author of what some consider the first novel, Robinson Crusoe (1719), which is about an English sailor who gets stranded on … Continue reading →

“He ate once daily, after sunset, but there were times when he received food every second and frequently even every fourth day. His food was bread and salt, and for drinking he took only water. There is no reason even … Continue reading →

Taken from here – Against the Heathen by Athanasius 335 A.D. 10. Similar human origin of the Greek gods, by decree of Theseus. The process by which mortals became deified. 1. But this custom is not a new one, nor … Continue reading →