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NO GIFT FROM GOD A man faces up to 43 years in prison and a $1.25 million fine after a Federal jury refused to believe his argument that an erroneous […]
NO GIFT FROM GOD A man faces up to 43 years in prison and a $1.25 million fine after a Federal jury refused to believe his argument that an erroneous […]
SOURCE OF RICHES A man is rich according to what he is, not what he has. — Henry Ward Beecher
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CONTINUAL PROSPERITY Everything in the world can be endured, except continual prosperity. — Goethe
EMPTY OFFERING PLATE Let me tell you about Morgan, a little girl in one of our former churches. As the ushers came down the aisle with the offering plates, Morgan
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UNTIMELY ANNOUNCEMENT Thanksgiving is a time for family gatherings. At one such gathering the senior member of the family wanted to encourage the continuation of such gatherings. You see, his
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NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS! There is a story of a man who was extremely cheap. He seemed to love his money more than his children. On Christmas Eve he
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WHY JESUS WAS BORN POOR There was a reason Jesus was born in poverty. When I was growing up, I learned from my mother and father that, as far as
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SIGHTS SET TOO LOW A man once found a five dollar bill on the ground. He spent the rest of his life carefully watching his path. During his life-long search
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TEN PERCENT SOLUTION Anthony Robbins, in his book “Unlimited Power,” made a statement that is shocking. Who would believe a success book would say such a thing? He said, “Take
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LEISURE & MONEY One of the biggest deceptions of today is the belief that leisure and money are the two essentials of happiness. The sad fact of life is that
WHAT ARE WE DOING? A physician could not get his car started one cold winter morning. So he had the local dealership tow it in for inspection. The service manager
PRODUCING THE MOST HAPPINESS A politician, seated with friends and foes, was riding a train through a city. He suggested that he throw a five dollar bill out of the
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VALUES ARE CONFUSED Some mischievous villains broke into a department store and changed all the price tags. The next morning customers found vacuum cleaners priced at fifty cents and candy
THE CALL OF GOLD C. T. Studd, the great British cricketeer, led the Cambridge Seven a century ago and startled the whole English world. He also gave away a fortune
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A BAD DAY WHEN You know it’s going to be a really bad day when… You wake up face down on the pavement. You wake up to discover that your
ANONYMOUS GIVER Anonymous givers are fascinating. And sometimes shocking. I read recently about an insanely generous man. This is a true story. the man’s name is Charles Feeney. He made
DEPENDS ON HOW WE LIVE Paul Anka was asked if it was possible, since he made so much money from the royalties he received from the theme song for the
DIME OUT OF A QUARTER A grandmother took her granddaughter along with her when she went to the grocery store. The granddaughter was excited to go because she had a
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FROG SOUND A busy–and wealthy–grandfather phoned his grandson to cancel an appointment to go to the movies. The grandson did not seem interested in his grandfather’s reasons for his cancellation.
SOCIETAL DECLINE History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual