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Another Day in Paradise
Last year's song of the year was called Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins. The song tells about a beggar in the street asking, "Can you ...
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The Blessings of Charity
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again and ten times more.
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Give What You Don't Need
What keeps you from giving now? Isn't the poor man there? Aren't your own warehouses full? Isn't the reward promised? The command is clear: ...
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Watch Where You're Giving
I will never forget a woman who came to the food pantry at our church. She also needed a little money to pay her next month's rent. When she came ...
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Mother Teresa's Math
When faced with the question about how she could hope to make an impact on Calcutta's 3,000 slums with refugees pouring in daily, Mother Teresa said, ...
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The Unselfish Archbishop
When John Chrysostom became archbishop of Constantinople, he sold expensive works of art his predecessors had acquired. He refused to give lavish dinner ...
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God of the Super Bowl?
Luke DeRoeck of Chicago, in a letter to the editor: "To suggest that God really cares about the outcome of a sporting event is preposterous. Conservatively, ...
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Indifference to Poverty
The well-off and the secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and the deprivation in their midst. The poor have been shut ...
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Puritan Economics
American Puritans were hardworking but not capitalists in the modern sense. They placed common welfare ahead of self-interest and set modest caps on profit-making. ...
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P.R. for Churches
A small church's most effective tool for creating a good church reputation may be its willingness to help those in need.
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