Read: Matthew 25:14-17  | What is the value of five talents? The answers vary. According to New Nave’s Topical Bible, possessing five talents of gold or silver was equivalent to being a multimillionaire by today’s standards. Other scholars calculate one talent to be equivalent to 20 years of wages for the common worker. Conservative scholars […]

Read: I Timothy 5:8  | A notorious miser was visited by the chairman of the community fundraiser. “Sir,” said the fundraiser, “our records show that despite your wealth, you’ve never once given to our drive.” “Do your records show that I have an elderly mother who was left penniless when my father died?” fumed the […]