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There was once a square piece of paper put up into George Whitefield’s pulpit, by way of a notice, to this effect: “A young man who has lately inherited a large fortune requests the prayers of the congregation.” Right well was the prayer asked, for when we go up the hill we need prayer that we may be…

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

There were two brothers, one of whom had been diligently attentive to his worldly business, to the neglect of true religion. He succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth. The other brother was diligent in the service of the Master, and had learned both to distribute to the poor and for conscience’s…

Baseball card collectors saw several new record prices for the collectables in a short time during the pandemic. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, and then nearly a year, later a spotless edition of the rare T206 Honus Wagner card produced between 1909 and 1911 sold for…

Sri Lankan authorities reported workers digging a well in a man’s backyard unearthed what could be the world’s largest sapphire cluster. Local authorities said the person digging the well, alerted them about finding some rare stones before they stumbled on the huge specimen. They reported the cluster…

A copy of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64 in the original sealed package broke a world record by selling for $1.56 million at auction. Texas based Heritage Auctions said the Nintendo 64 game was the first game in the series to offer a 3-D world and set the new record two days after a copy of another…

A silver coin that may be among the first ever struck by the U.S. Mint in 1794 is headed for auction after selling for $10 million in 2013. The coin known as the “Flowing Hair” dollar has the image of Lady Liberty with long flowing hair on one side and an eagle on the other. It is one of 1,758 coins…

When the novel coronavirus caused business to plummet, Johnny Perri decided to close the jewelry store his father had founded decades before. Rather than offer the remaining inventory at reduced prices, Perri created a statewide treasure hunt. He and his wife buried items across the state and let searchers…

A real estate website is seeking a job applicant to fly to Dubai and spend a week in a luxury apartment. The site announced that it is offering one person the opportunity to travel to Dubai for a week of sunshine, luxury, and testing a high-end apartment. The applicant would also be a finalist for a…

I guess we all dream at times of receiving the gift of a large sum of money, thus putting an end to all our financial woes and worries. As Ruth Balloon of Dallas, TX. was finishing her shift at Roma Boots, she decided to check her bank account at Legacy Texas Bank online, having recently made a foreign…

For years a priceless vase sat in a French family’s attic, hidden in a shoebox. The family had received the heirloom as part of an inheritance, but stashed the boxes in the attic planning to deal with them later. When the owner opened the box, they were stunned by the shades of green, blue, yellow, and…

The asking price of a New York City condo includes enough extras to allow the buyer to upgrade to a lavish lifestyle. The 15,000-square-foot duplex has an asking price of $85 million dollars, which is more than double the record for housing for the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan. The price…

British officials are looking for the owner of a treasure trove of gold coins found hidden inside a piano. The owners took the piano to be tuned last year and found a bag containing gold coin minted between the mid-19th and the early 20th century. The piano was manufactured in 1906 and the first owners…

The 24-room Wyndclyffe Castle that inspired the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses” is for sale. The mansion was built in 1853 and was the summer residence of socialite Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones. The elegance of the property is believed to have prompted the owners of nearby estates to build even…

A banking corporation conducted an unusual contest to inspire people to save money. The Ally Bank placed one hundred “lucky pennies” on the streets of ten U.S. cities. The pennies are similar to ordinary pennies, but are custom copper-colored discs bearing the bank’s lowercase ‘a’ logo and a redemption…

Apple announced that they recovered more than 40 million dollars from their trash. The company recovered more 2,200 pounds of gold from recycled iPhones, iPads, and Macs. With gold valued at over $1,200 an ounce, the company gained over $40 million dollars from the recycling venture. Manufacturers use…

$1 million in $100 dollar bills weighs only 27 pounds and fits in a regular brief case. The same amount in $20 bills weighs 135 pounds and would need five brief cases to transport. For that reason, the government is thinking about eliminating the $100 bill making it harder for criminals and money launderers…

German police say a landlady’s concerns about a chemical odor from a tenant’s apartment led them to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to get gold from old cellphone and computer circuit boards. The woman called police because she had not seen the tenant for some time and was concerned that something…

A survey by LifeWay Resources questioned Christians from Alabama to Wyoming and found that most believe that it is sinful to lend money to someone who can’t afford to pay it back. Most of those who responded also said they want the government to protect consumers from loans with excessive interest, yet…

An unidentified Syrian refugee gave Police in Minden, Germany 150,000 Euros (over $166,000) that he found in a cupboard a charitable organization gave him. While we don’t know who he is, we do know what he is—a man of integrity. Imagine, a man with such great need, finding so much, but having the integrity…

Gillian Bayford worked nights in a hospital. Her husband worked days at his second-hand record shop. Then they won 148 million pounds in a British lottery. 15 months later, their marriage has “broken down irretrievably.” The divorce is final. In addition, Ms. Bayford, wept as she told how the windfall…

Over thirty people were injured and treated for burns after walking on hot coals at a Tony Robbins seminar in Dallas, Texas. Robbins markets himself as a self-help coach that wants to help people “Unleash the Power Within.” Robbins says that the fire walk is to help people conquer their fears and turn…

Kynan Eng is president of a computer company that uses computers and brain research to help people live better lives. Eng wanted to use his expertise to respond to online questions about the intersection of neuroscience and human-computer interaction. When we went to Quora, he found himself distracted…

Astronomers watched as an asteroid passed about 1.5 million miles from Earth, and were excited how much wealth it might contain. The asteroid, known as 2011 UW-158, could be carrying as much as $5.4 trillion worth of precious metals and minerals. Astronomers looking at the half-kilometer wide space rock…

In 1996, 58% of students used loans to finance their education. At graduation they owed less than $20,000. In 2015, 71% of graduating students took out loans and owe an average of $35,051 each. We are launching our children into the world already financially indebted. They are mortgaging their future,…