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So, there is this short Parable that Jesus gives just after a long talk about the yeast of the Pharisees and the mounting pressure from them to get rid of him. Out of the blue, and from the crowd, some guy shouts, "Teacher, make my brother divide the inheritance with me!" (Luke 12:13). How times have changed and how nothing has changed. This poor guy got the shaft from his dead parent. Or maybe he got what he deserved. Whatever the case he was bold enough to shout out his question that seemed totally unrelated to Jesus' current topic.  Luke 12:13 to 20 constitutes one paragraph in Luke's narrative. One hundred and seventy one words in my English version. Rather insignificant in a literary context as big as the Bible. Yet it wasn't so meaningless that Luke (the Holy Spirit) left it out of his account. Remember, Luke was writing to Theophilus. Maybe a rich guy? Maybe for this reason Luke talks about the rich man and Lazarus, the rich young ruler and this guy with th...

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 Do you want to be a Millionaire? Do you remember that show? For some reason I don’t remember much about it. I often put “instant millionaires” in a category of losers. My rationale was that, “They'll probably wast all of their supposed riches on junk and end up in the poor house.”  Phil Pustejovsky of Freedom Mentor.com gives the following misconceptions about millionaires. They all... Inherited their money Are Workaholics Are Greedy Are Dishonest Are Self-Made Phil is a millionaire who went from living in his pickup truck to mansions over several years of hard work and the right contacts. He was befriended by an older gentleman who was wealthy through real estate an...