In 1848, one gold nugget on the American River sparked a stampede of 300,000 miners — yet historical records show the richest miner ever made was only $20,000 in today's money, while a store owner selling shovels and a tailor named Levi Strauss selling durable pants both became millionaires. Stephen Davey uses that twist to launch the second of Peter's seven spiritual supplements in 2 Peter 1:5: knowledge, the kind Solomon says begins with the fear of the Lord, not the accumulation of facts. Davey contrasts the wise with the fool, four traits deep, arrogant, shallow, unteachable, unaccountable, and closes with a story of an actor and an old minister both reciting Psalm 23 at the same gathering. One knew the psalm. The other knew the Shepherd. That, Davey says, is the real gold rush worth joining.
The Right Kind of Gold Rush
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