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<LISTEN> St. Patrick's Day has become associated with many things that have little to do with the actual Patrick, a Christian missionary who lived in the Fifth Century (he died sometime around AD 461). Contrary to popular belief, Patrick was not Irish. He was born in what is now England in the late days of the …
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Byย Joseph Slife perceived that there is nothing better for themthan to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil โthis is Godโs gift to man.(Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 ESV) The word "holiday" comes from the Old English word hฤligdรฆg, which means "holy …
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<LISTEN> I worked for 15 years for Christian financial teacher Larry Burkett (1939-2003), the author of such best-selling books as Debt-Free Living and The Coming Economic Earthquake. (Larry also was instrumental in the founding of Sound Mind Investing.) One of Larry's political heroes was Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. president (up to that time) elected to non-consecutive terms. Cleveland, a Democrat, served from …
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by Joseph Slife* LISTEN> The Advent season (the weeks just before Christmas) is my favorite time of the year. With every strain of "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" and "O Come, O Come Emanuel," I'm reminded that God is working toward a good end, even amidst the world's trouble and turmoil. When the time is right, …
By Joseph Slife * June 26, 2024 <Listen> The Greek philosopher Aristotle, writing more than 2,000 years ago about the search for happiness, noted that wealth โis not the good we are seeking.โ Having money is โuseful,โ he said, but it is โfor the sake of something else.โ Indeed, the correlation between greater wealth and greater happiness is …
<LISTEN> Take care," Jesus said in Luke 12:15, "and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Another translation puts the final part of that quote this way: "Life is not measured by how much you own." Jesus' words came to mind when I saw …
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