The rich, young man of the text is a "HENRY." And he messes up his one chance to find meaning in life.
Ten years ago, luxury shoppers were people who owned lavish penthouse condos, had well-funded investment portfolios and spent their cash on Chanel handbags and Rolex watches.
But today luxury shoppers are a diverse group "with wide-ranging tastes and a unique set of values." They want quality, craftsmanship and authenticity, instead of brand names. Luxury is about where it was made and how it was made, not a fancy logo.
Driving this change are the young adults called Millennials. They fall into a category of customers known as a HENRY -- an acronym for "high-earner, not rich yet." HENRYs are to the Millennial generation that YUPPIES were to the Gen X generation.
In the region of Judea and the area beyond the Jordan, Jesus meets a HENRY.
Mark tells us that a man runs up to Jesus and kneels before him, asking him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" (v. 17). Although Mark does not reveal his age, Matthew says that he is a "young man" (19:20). We might call him a...
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