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Design | Humor | Inflation | Money | Purpose | Short Shorts | Value

VALUE OF A DIME Inflation hasn’t ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

Economy | Finances | Humor | Inflation | Money | Motivation | Short Shorts | Value | Values

THE SOUND OF MONEY Long ago money talked — then it whispered — now it’s almost silent.

Economy | Finances | Humor | Inflation | Money | Motivation | Power | Short Shorts | Value

MORE SOUNDS OF MONEY Money may talk, but why can’t it talk louder, speak with authority, and say what I want it to say? Another similar illustration like the two

Desire | Labor | Money | Motivation | Riches | Wealth | Work

CHECK THE LIST AND GO TO WORK From her column in 1988, Ann Landers relates one man’s philosophy concerning the motivations for working — “Get up, first thing, check Forbes

Communication | Family | Friends | Friendship | Loneliness | Money

LETTERS BETTER THAN MONEY I ran short of money while visiting my brother, and borrowed fifty dollars from him. After my return home, I wrote him a short letter every

Art and Music | Desire | Materialism | Money | Motivation | Motivations | Music | Wealth

BEATLES WROTE SWIMMING POOLS “Somebody said to me, ‘But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.’ That’s a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write

Bondage | Character | Greed | Happiness | Joy | Materialism | Money

MONEY LIMITATIONS The WALL STREET JOURNAL quoted an anonymous wit who defined money as “an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as

Character | Generosity | Greed | Money | Politics | Poverty | Self | Wealth

PROTECTED RICHES Lyndon Johnson reflected the American spirit of greed in the 1960’s when he said: “Don’t forget, there are two hundred million of us in a world of three

Attributes of God | Burden | Faith | God | Money | Providence | Provision | Trust

ONE LESS RESPONSIBILITY God’s saints throughout the centuries have shown a holy indifference to money. John Wesley, informed that his house had just burned down, had this reaction, “The Lord’s

Children | Family | Greed | Materialism | Money | Value | Values

NEW AND IMPROVED MATERIALISM While you (the Baby Boomers) were out admiring each other, we (the next generation) have become more narcissistic and materialistic than you ever dreamed was possible.

Gift | Giving | Ministry | Money | Pastors | Statistics | Stewardship | Tithing

TITHES AND PASTORS A USA TODAY survey indicated that 30% of pastors in America don’t tithe. From Breaking the 100 – 200 Barrier Seminar, sponsored by the Fuller Institute, March

Character | Generosity | Gift | Gifts | Money | Motivation | Motives | Short Shorts | Taxes

GENEROSITY AND TAXES The truly generous giver never needs to know if the gift is tax-deductible before giving it or not.

Budgets | Debt | Discipline | Finances | Greed | Loans | Materialism | Money | Self

FINANCIAL PLASTIC SURGERY One of the most needed types of surgery and the least practiced by the modern family is plastic surgery. The symptoms are too many possessions, and not

Character | Emotions | Health | Lost | Money | Needs | Religions | Wealth | World Religions

JAPANESE RICHES The Japanese people are rich, but they are extremely poor in spirit,” says Kousuke Sanpei, director of the Agon-shu Buddhist sect’s Tokyo center. For the first time in

Character | Chemical Abuse | Greed | Habits | Materialism | Money | Priorities

MONEY HABITS Don Marquis once said: “There is nothing so habit- forming as money.” The greatest addiction today is the habit of accumulating money. We forget why we want it,

Business | Church | Debt | Gift | Money | Offerings | Responsibility | Stewardship

POOR COLLECTIONS CLUB The Parson from Snuffy Smith is in the General Store, and the storekeeper asks, “Could you pay a LITTLE DAB on your bill, Parson? COLLECTIONS are MIGHTY

Child | Children | Honesty | Money | Sales | Theft | Understanding

ALL YOU WANT Dennis the Menace catches his friend Joey trying to get a paper out of a newspaper machine without putting in any money. He says, “Wait, Joey!! First

Change | Conversion | Discipleship | Giving | Money | Possessions | Sanctification/ Gift

COMING UP SHORT OF CONVERSION Recalling that Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism, once said, “The last part of a man to be converted is his pocketbook,” Peisker added, “We

Deceit | Greed | Honesty | Money | Self | Stewardship

SHREWD FINANCES Here is a remnant that never got used in our Stewardship issue in September of 1989… In Luke 16, Jesus relates the parable of the shrewd manager who,

Gift | Giving | Greed | Illustrations | Money | Offering | Self | Stewardship | Tithing

SILVER SEPARATION There was a member of a church who never made a contribution to his church – NEVER! The pastor was made aware of this fact and decided to