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Proverbs 3:9-10

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James Merritt

... another way (and many of you are not going to like it): except for a house, a car (maybe), or an absolute emergency, pay cash or don't buy it. There are too many people finances have become a matter of "life and debt." Today people can be divided into three classes: Haves ... been pardoned from prison and died at home broke. Jesse Livermore committed suicide. Ivar Krueger committed suicide. Leon Fraser committed suicide. Dad, if you want to be "fiscally fit" put God first, family second, church third, money ...

2. Why We Believe In God

Hebrews 11:1-40

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Wayne Brouwer

There's a little town up the Fraser Valley in British Columbia called Lillooett. There's a small-town newspaper published in Lillooett. And for many years the editor ... a man of great faith. That's why it's such a shame when people sometimes define their Christianity in negative terms. What does it mean that you're a Christian? Well, it means that I don't do this, and I can't do that...It means that I shouldn't and wouldn't, and couldn't... A little while ago I mentioned M. Scott Peck. You know what he says? ...

3. The High Price of Short Cuts

Luke 12:13-21

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J. Howard Olds

... in obscurity. Richard Whitney became insolvent. Albert Fall was pardoned from prison so he could die at home. Jesse Livermore, Leon Fraser, and Ivar Krueger all committed suicide. Life is more than success, for life is a moving target. II. LIFE IS MORE ... the real you; it’s the real me. Soul is what makes us do what we do. The Bible is clear. Guard your soul. Nourish your soul. Don’t sell your soul. In a culture that is rich in things and poor in soul, we need to hear these words. Is it well with your ...

4. A Chance To Start Over

John 8:3-11

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... With Honors," Joe Pesci plays Simon Wilder a homeless man slowly dying from asbestos poisoning. Brendan Fraser portrays Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler, who is a student at Harvard who has reluctantly befriended Simon. In ... life around the stone. Those moments stick with us and weigh us down and drag us down and slow us down and bring us down. But here's the Good News. We don't have to be weighed down by the weight of sin, God wants to lift us up. The God Jesus revealed to us is a God who patiently waits for His ...

5. Altar Your Witness

Matthew 5:13-16

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... away, the more you have. In this area I'm an advocate of what I call "Non-Confrontational Evangelism." I've found that most people don't like to talk about their faith because they're afraid they are going to be verbally accosted by the person with whom they're ... the 1994 movie, "With Honors," Joe Pesci plays Simon Wilder a homeless man slowly dying from asbestos poisoning. Brendan Fraser portrays Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler, who is a student at Harvard who is destined to graduate "with honors." When Monty's ...

6. Pass It On

John 1:43-51

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John A. Stroman

... play golf. What about you?" the other replied. The first man responded rather apologetically, "I'm going to church." The other man said, "Why don't you give up that church stuff?" The man asked, "What do you mean?" "Well," said the other, "we have been partners for twenty ... confession, and experience baptism without repentance. The results are that our Christian witness is weak and ineffective. Ron Fraser, who until his retirement last year, was the baseball coach at the University of Miami for over twenty ...

7. It Takes More than Sun to Grow

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

... the window. That my friends is like a parable. It cannot really be explained - or the joke loses its point. You either get it or you don’t. You can not explain a joke. The same goes for a parable. That being said, let us now explain a parable. A parable has, ... greatest "bear" of Wall Street, Jesse Livermore, committed suicide. The president of the Bank of International Settlements, Leon Fraser, committed suicide. The head of the world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Dreuger, committed suicide. All of these men ...

8. Liberty And Civility

Galatians 5:1-15

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Brett Blair

... , kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. The message here is clear. Liberty and civility are two parts of a whole. Alexander Fraser Tytler lived at the end of the eighteenth century, but his book The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic sends a ... are increasingly belligerent and adults more coarse than before. Let's break the cycle. Don't let the abundance we have acquired through liberty make us selfish. Celebrate with me today not just our liberties but our heritage of ...

9. Handicap's Triumphs

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Editor James S. Hewett

... of the family dairy farm with all its multiple duties. It was a beautiful spring day in the lusciously green Fraser Valley, British Columbia. The grass was just right for filling the huge silos for winter feed. John was busily unloading ... man, shame on you whining away like that here. You should be thankful that you are alive and healthy!" John replied a bit tersely, "You don't understand .... My leg is gone forever!" "Well, then, look at this," replied the man as he threw off the blanket and revealed two ...

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