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What do you really think about wealth?
Review — Money, Possessions and Eternity (Randy Alcorn: Tyndale 2003) If you don’t want to be challenged regarding your beliefs, attitudes and actions regarding a Christian’s use of money, don’t read this book. This has been out for several years, but … Continue reading
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What kind of disciple does your money make you?
Here’s another compelling way that Randy Alcorn (Money, Possessions & Eternity) challenges our typical views on Christian discipleship, particularly how we view possessions and wealth: Today there are still two kinds of disciples — one who gives up his income … Continue reading
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Perspectives on Quid Pro Quo
The capitalist says, ‘You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.’ The socialist says, in effect, ‘You scratch my back or I’ll break yours.’ (Randy Alcorn, in Money, Possessions and Eternity, describing the need for coercion in socialist systems that … Continue reading
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What do you want before you die?
Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be … Continue reading
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Attitudes Toward Wealth
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddently it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven (Proverbs 23:4-5) Not all aspects of wealth are bad. … Continue reading
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>"Thankful’ or Frugal?
>When the typical Christian sees the poor conditions endured by those in ‘missions areas’ — usually parts of the world less wealthy than his — he speaks of how seeing the desperate conditions should make us ‘thankful’ that we don’t … Continue reading
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Your Money or Your Life: Is Jesus a Street Thug?
A street thug approaches a couple in an alleyway and demands “your money or your life!” The man pushes the woman forward, and the thug says “what are you doing?” The man replies, “Oh, I thought you said ‘your money … Continue reading →
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