THE COLLECTION CONNECTION One of the members of our pastors’ study group may have hit on an excellent idea for healthy church- state relations in these difficult economic times. “The […]
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CHURCH-GOING BILLS Bags of old, tattered bills were returned to the United States Treasury. A ONE DOLLAR bill and a TWENTY DOLLAR bill struck up a conversation. The TWENTY DOLLAR
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PAUL’S PROJECT The Apostle Paul understood the project of trying to raise money for the church in Jerusalem. To do so he did not print up any raffle tickets or
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BAD NEWS- -GOOD NEWS–BAD NEWS The pastor stood before his congregation and made the following announcement: “Folks, I have bad news and good news and bad news. The bad news:
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ALL YOU CAN John Wesley was preaching his famous sermon on stewardship. The first point was “Make All the Money You Can” and a well-to-do farmer in the church as
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PERSONAL THANKSGIVING In his book Who Needs God? Harold Kushner tells of a man who always wrote “thank you” in the lower left-hand corner of the checks he wrote to
FINDING RESOURCES The question is not “Can we afford it?” or “Where will the money come from?” The question is what ought to be done. Finding the resources is part
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FREQUENT CHRISTMAS SALES A sign on a department store was an indication that perhaps Christmas has become too commercialized. The sign read: Semi-Annual After-Christmas Sale!
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CAN’T AFFORD TIME OFF Jim was such a good worker, he had just received another raise in pay. But when his brother called him and asked how things were going,
BAD JUDGMENT Here are some actual lease rush me the name of a reliable illegitimate doctor? …Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was
HONEST WORKERS A man wrote a check at the hardware store, and he pulled out his driver’s license for identification. “That’s okay, I don’t need it,” the storekeeper said. “In
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MAKES ME FEEL GOOD On December 10, 1997, Sam Donaldson reminded Ted Turner that it is harder for a rich man to get to heaven than for a camel to
GETTING THE BIGGEST PIECE When it came time to serve the cake, the little boy ran to the table and asked his mother for the biggest piece. The little boy’s
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ONE FOR THE MONEY One for the money is a good definition of tithing.
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HEART & PURSE If I have won someone’s heart, I will soon have his purse. By Martin Luther
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BUYING HAPPINESS While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
RENTING HAPPINESS Money can’t buy happiness but it can certainly rent it for a couple of hours.
TOO MUCH MISSING Where there is too much, something is missing.
GETTING GOD’S ATTENTION A businessman had a big deal coming up and needed millions of dollars to make it happen. He went to church to beseech God for the money.
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SKINNING A WOLF One way for a girl to get a mink coat is to find a wolf and skin him.
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