“They shared everything they had”

“They shared everything they had”

The writer of Acts likes absolutes.  Look at the definitive, all-encompassing, leaving-no-room-for-exceptions declarations in the four sentences below, from chapter 2, vv 32-35: All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their...
Whose ‘Economy’ Are We Participating In?

Whose ‘Economy’ Are We Participating In?

Have you ever wondered where our word economy comes from?   In a wealthy household in ancient Greece, the owner would often entrust the management of his affairs and material resources, both financial and people, to a steward. In Greek, the word for steward...