Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Oct 16, 2010
A PARABLE FROM THE CHILEAN MINING DISASTER
Once upon a time there was a wise, good and powerful King. His kingdom was known as the kingdom of Hope and it was the richest kingdom in the world. He ruled his people with love and justice. The kingdom of Hope was known throughout the world and other
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 27, 2008
Twelve-time award winner, Philip Yancey writes in Rumors of Another World:
"Those who believe only in the visible world have a single proving ground of worth, and for this reason they celebrate beauty, success, wealth, talent and the values on prominent display at the magazine rack. The winners
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 11, 2006
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Possessed of a good income, guaranteeing the supply of every need, it is of little moment that God has pledged himself to provide all needful things for those who seek his kingdom first. Environed by troops of faithful friends, like so many successive lines of defence entrenched in the strong
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
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"Too often for us it is ’to live is Christ, plus other pursuits (work, leisure, accumulating wealth, relationships, etc.). And if the truth were known, all too often the
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 4, 2007
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We read in I Timothy 6:6 “true religion with contentment is great wealth.” I have noticed, quite frankly in my life and in others as well, that when there is discontentment one of
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
The most famous egg parasites are birds. Cuckoos and cowbirds, for example, sneak their eggs into the nests of other species. The victims often accept an interloper egg and raise the chick.
The people in Jeremiah’s day had become rich dishonestly, and had forsaken the Lord.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Thomas Guthrie said, “The Bible is an armory of heavenly weapons, a laboratory of infallible medicines, a mine of inexhaustible wealth. It is a guidebook for every road, a chart for every sea, a medicine for every malady, and
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Who Is Robbed in Unfaithfulness?
An interesting fable is told of a rich man who wanted to help a poor man. The rich man hired the poor man to build a house on the hillside and went away on a long journey. The carpenter said to himself, “My boss is away and I can use cheap materials for the parts
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 7, 2010
William Borden was born in 1887. He was a Yale graduate and heir to great wealth. But he rejected a life of ease to bring the gospel to muslims. He refused to buy himself even a car and gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars to missions. Then, after only four months of zealous ministry in Egypt
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