welcome to temple bible church. growing deep… reaching out
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Growing Deep…Reaching Out
Growing Deep…Reaching Out
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faith revealed through generosity
faith revealed through generosity
1. “I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.”
1. “I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.”
2. “Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?”
2. “Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?”
3. “Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2000 will only buy a used one.”
3. “Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2000 will only buy a used one.”
QUOTES FROM 1955QUOTES FROM 1955
4. “When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.”
4. “When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.”5. “Fifty cents for a haircut…that’s outrageous.”5. “Fifty cents for a haircut…that’s outrageous.”
faith revealed through generosity
faith revealed through generosity
Per Capita Incomes
1. World 8,200/year
2. Low Income 2,190/year
3. Middle Income 6,000/year
4. Upper Income 12,000/year
Per Capita Income by Nation
1. Luxembourg 54,430/year
2. Ukraine 9,000/year 3. Rwanda 1,290/year
4. USA 37,500/year
faith revealed through generosity
faith revealed through generosity
THE FOURINDICTMENTS
THE FOURINDICTMENTS
11stst INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
HOARDINGHOARDING
11stst INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
HOARDINGHOARDING
“Their property held them in chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their souls.
If they had stored their treasure in heaven, they would not be enslaved as they are to their own property.
THEY ARE NOT THE MASTERS OF THEIR MONEY,
BUT ITS SLAVES.”
“Their property held them in chains which shackled their courage and choked their faith and hampered their judgment and throttled their souls.
If they had stored their treasure in heaven, they would not be enslaved as they are to their own property.
THEY ARE NOT THE MASTERS OF THEIR MONEY,
BUT ITS SLAVES.” Bishop Cyprian, 3rd Century
• “What’s yours is mine; I will take it.”
• “What’s mine is mine; I will keep it.”
• “What’s mine is God’s. I will share it.”
11stst INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
HOARDINGHOARDING
11stst INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
HOARDINGHOARDING
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.”
Leviticus 19: 13
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.”
Leviticus 19: 13
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
There is some persistent quirk
in our thinking that convinces us
that temporal thingswill give us permanent joy.
There is some persistent quirk
in our thinking that convinces us
that temporal thingswill give us permanent joy.
He who has no moneyis
poor,
He who has nothing But
moneyis even poorer.
He who has no moneyis
poor,
He who has nothing But
moneyis even poorer.
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
22ndnd INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
33RDRD INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
SELF-INDULGENCESELF-INDULGENCE
33RDRD INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
SELF-INDULGENCESELF-INDULGENCE
“Money can’t buy happiness…but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
Spike Lee
“Money can’t buy happiness…but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
Spike Lee
“If happiness could be found in having material things and in being able to indulge yourself in things that you consider pleasurable, then we in America should be deliriously happy. We should be telling one another frequently of our unparalleled bliss rather than trading tranquilizer prescriptions.”
Chuck Swindoll
“If happiness could be found in having material things and in being able to indulge yourself in things that you consider pleasurable, then we in America should be deliriously happy. We should be telling one another frequently of our unparalleled bliss rather than trading tranquilizer prescriptions.”
Chuck Swindoll
If you owned everythingyour heart desired,chances are your
heart woulddesire
something else!
If you owned everythingyour heart desired,chances are your
heart woulddesire
something else!
44thth INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
GREEDGREED
44thth INDICTMENT… INDICTMENT…
GREEDGREED
THE BATTLE…
WANTING MORE IN A LAND OF PLENTY
THE BATTLE…
WANTING MORE IN A LAND OF PLENTY
THE SOLUTION…
TRUSTING GODAND LIVING GENEROUSLY
THE SOLUTION…
TRUSTING GODAND LIVING GENEROUSLY
THE SOLUTION…
TRUSTING GODAND LIVING GENEROUSLY
THE SOLUTION…
TRUSTING GODAND LIVING GENEROUSLY
FOCUS
ON ETERNAL
RATHER THAN
TEMPORAL TREASURES
FOCUS
ON ETERNAL
RATHER THAN
TEMPORAL TREASURES
See You Next
Week!See You Next
Week!