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Ruined by desire for riches

by Patrick Johnson  |  October 26, 2010  |  Category: books  |  Tags: giving, riches, ruin, scripture

I am reading the book "God So loved, He Gave" and reflecting on the well known passage out of I Timothy 6: 9 – "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction." I've both read and spoken about this verse many times and tend to shrug it off with my Western mindset. Getting rich is part of the American dream; surely ... read full post


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