Contributed by T D on Dec 28, 2010
WAR ON POVERTY FAILS
I don't think any of us would consider ourselves to be wealthy when it comes to the top level of money makers in the USA, and while we clearly are not as well off as we were a year ago, our level of wealth and possibilities of being able to make a living far surpasses most of
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE POOR
Eddie Ogan
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I’ll never forget Christmas 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12 and my older sister Darlene was 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before,
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Methodist
Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
DOING CHRISTMAS DIFFERENTLY
Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, tells of his pastor in Portland Oregon at Imago Dei Community. He and some his friend decided they wanted to do Christmas differently. So he stood up in front of his congregation and challenged them not to go into debt that
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 27, 2011
BAPTIZE THE WALLET, TOO
A man who was about to be baptized by immersion was on his way into the pool when he realized that in his back pocket was his wallet. He stopped and was about to remove it when the preacher said, "Stop! Either I baptize you wallet and all or not at all!"
Now the preacher
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Brethren
TITHE
What is Tithe? Tithe is the tenth percent of our total income, which include basic salary, allowances and any other extra money you receive, such as tips, honorarium, or any source of fund that increases your
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Pentecostal
HE GAVE EVERYTHING AWAY
John Kluge was once the wealthiest man in America, he gave his 7,400 acre estate away estimated to be worth more than $45 million dollars.
He is recognized for his generosity, yet
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Baptist
THE FREE-FOOD TREE
One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit—mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange.
It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz,
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Why do I give?
The first thing that popped into my head was that I don’t want to be a free loader. I know that it costs money to run a church. On average it takes 40 square foot of building space per person that attends church. Multiply that times $100.00 to $150.00 a foot to build and it doesn’t
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Oct 28, 2002
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BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE!
Eric Hulstrand writes in Leadership magazine: "While I was preaching one Sunday, an elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head on the end of the pew. Immediately, an EMT in the congregation called an ambulance.
As they strapped her to a stretcher and got ready to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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WHAT WILL YOU GIVE?
On one of Matthew Rogers' recent work trips to the Dominican Republic, everyone in the group was encouraged to leave behind any clothes or gear they didn’t want, because someone there could certainly use them. He was just going to give away some of his old worn out clothes,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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Researchers John and Sylvia Ronsvalle report the following in their book Behind the Stained Glass Windows. Some make major donations in order to control the institution. Many view their offerings as payment for services rendered by the staff and clergy. Others are buying a culture. Finally, many
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