Emphasis Preaching Journal

The Russian novelist, Leo Tolstoy (born 1828), devoted the second half of his life to writing on moral and religious matters. One of his great stories is "How Much Land Does A Man Need?" It is the story of Pakhom, who complains that he has so little land. "If I only had as much land as I wanted, I shouldn't be afraid of any one -- even of the devil," he says. Soon after he came to this conclusion, he was able to purchase a sizeable piece of land and expand his holdings.