Addicted to More
Around half of evangelicals say they find their own measure of success and worth in obtaining more things.
Tag: contentment
Contentment Is the True Measure of Godliness
The false idea that prosperity brings contentment is nothing new. Paul warned Timothy and the church at Ephesus about false teachers—first-century equivalents to modern prosperity theology proponents—who were “depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain” (1 Timothy 6:5).
What Does It Take to Find Happiness and Contentment?
Finding joy even when times are tough.
Looking for True Contentment in All the Wrong Places
Before you came to Christ, your life aspirations arose from a wrong way of looking at the world, what the apostle Peter calls the desires of your former ignorance (1 Peter 1:14). You thought, for instance, that romance was the key to true contentment. But at some point, you realized it wasnt quite as fulfilling as youd hoped. […]
