Paul W. Powell Legacy Library

The Bible often warns us against covetousness. It tells us that we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. So if we have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, we ought to be content. We ought not to always be coveting after, grasping after, more and more and more. Those who have a strong desire to be rich place themse...

Someone once asked John D. Rockefeller how much money it would take to satisfy a man. He replied, “Just a little bit more.” Every one of us must be on guard constantly against that greedy, selfish spirit that makes money a god and things the supreme desire of life. To save us from the slavery of materialism, the Lord has commanded us to use our possession...