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There are many stories of valuable cars found hidden away in barns and a find in France is more proof that many of those stories are true. An elite auction house received a call from the representative of an estate that included a collection of very rare old cars that had not been touched in more than…

Outstanding credit card debt in the United States is expected to climb to more than $900 billion. That will bring the average household credit card balance to $7,813. Most Americans underestimate what they actually owe. In one survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, respondents underestimated…

A woman who was hit by a drunk driver has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 to replace the clothes she was wearing at the time. She is seeking the money for clothing in addition to the cost of her medical bills. In a court statement, Susan Layne said the accident left her with bruises, scratches, and pains.…

While Miley Cyrus is no longer a role model for young girls, there is one subject on which we ought to pay attention to her. She is only 22 years old but has already made a fortune. She complains that people from contractors to fellow celebrities are continually trying to get her to buy things she neither…

When a Georgia bank teller accidentally posted a customer’s $31,000 deposit to the wrong account, the teenager who received the money by mistake immediately began a huge spending spree. Records show the names on the account were the same, and the teller apparently did not double check the account numbers…

According to the WSJ.com only 68% of Americans spend less money than they earn, and almost a third having no saving. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 7, 2014 p. 34 Ephesians 4:28 (ESV) (28) Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands,…

Are you addicted to the newest, biggest and best? When Apple released the iPhone 5 in the fall of 2012, iPhone 4 users had to answer the question: upgrade or pass? It appears that the major advancement between the two is a larger screen size and panoramic photographs—not exactly earth-shaking changes.…

In Brewster’s Million, Richard Prior plays a minor league baseball player who just inherited a whole lot of money from an unknown relative. Brewster is given 30 days to spend 30 million dollars and he can have no assets at the end of the 30 days. If he succeeds then he will receive 300 million dollars…

Fred Eckhardt lives in a small town and his dream is to keep the good old days alive. The way he does that is collecting old and classic post cards. His goal is to get a card from every town in Minnesota and South Dakota and that means a lot of stops at garage sales along the way. About thirty years…

With enough money, a person can replace anything, even some of the responsibilities of parenting. Some New York City parents are now paying professionals up to $1,000 to pack their kids' summer camp gear. They fill their trunks with comforts such as French-milled soaps, 1,000 -thread-count sheets, and…

“Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating.” Ben Stein, quoted in FoxBusiness.com While Mr. Stein may be correct about it being a part of our animal nature, the Word of God calls us to rise above the animal nature to the image of God in which we…

In a Norfolk, Virginia courtroom, a teenager pleaded to the charge he murdered both his parents. The young honor student with no criminal history explained the reason he committed the crime. He explained that he’d gotten angry over routine punishments. “I just remember getting mad,” 16-year-old Vincent…

According to the old song, money can’t buy love, and it may not be a good indicator of happiness either. Most countries use financial figures to calculate how well people of the country are doing, but many are beginning to factor in things like social support, family stability, and job security to measure…

A study conducted by Kansas University’s gerontology center found that after age 50, people become less likely to sell or donate things they no longer need. The researchers found that among people over 70 years of age, about 30 percent said they had done nothing over the past year to give away belongings.…

Flight attendants often find items that air passengers have left behind. A recent survey turned up “a live parrot, a box of dried fish, a toupee, handcuffs, and a glass eye.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell. The Week, September 6, 2013 p. 4 Matthew 6:19 (ESV) (19) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures…

An auction company in Hong Kong has reported that the cleaning crew may have inadvertently discarded a 2012 painting that recently sold for more than 3 million U.S. dollars. The auction house reported that the painting entitled, “Snowy Mountain” was missing, and video footage showed the cleaners moving…

Before the end of the movie, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the Dwarf king, Thorin Oakenshield, has a choice to make. Will he stay in the Lonely Mountain protected by its massive stones gates or will he lead his Dwarven troops into battle and help the Men and Elves overcome the orcs that…

While remodeling a house that he had purchased, David Gonzales found something of unusual value. While ripping out insulation from the garage, Gonzales discovered a copy of Action Comics No. 1, from 1935. The comic was the first edition to feature the then, new superhero, Superman. The father-of-four…

When the family history website MyHeritage decided to compare the most requested Christmas gifts from 1913 and this year, they discovered that a big shift in desires has taken place. The website looked at historical newspaper collections for the old items, and used items reported by leading retailers…

We have Black Friday and Cyber Monday right after Thanksgiving. How about beginning a new tradition, Giving Tuesday? “Around 2,000 nonprofits and charitable organizations launched their seasonal charity drives on a Tuesday in 2012 to encourage Americans to consider spending money on good causes and spend…

When a Florida man decided to use eBay, he went all out, selling his version of the American dream. Shane Butcher listed everything he owns for $3.5 million, and plans to pursue new challenges in the days ahead. Among the items Butcher listed are three fully stocked video games stores, a two-bedroom…

In his book, Living with Eternity in Your Heart, Mark Buchanan writes about what I call the “Christmas Paper Blues.” It’s what happens on Christmas morning. Mark says that he even saw it in his children when they reached the age that Christmas morning became the “Day of Getting.” There were mounds of…

The Parsis are a group of people practicing the Zoroastrian religion living within today's India whose attitude toward life is succinctly expressed by one woman when she said, "There's no life without money . . . nothing at all for the poor"! There is an abiding ache within the soul of most people for…

American women, who in the 1930’s owned an average of nine outfits, today buys more than 60 pieces of new clothing per year. --The Week, June 24, 2011 p. 20 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Philippians 4:12-13 (NASB) I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live…

The placebo effect is the idea is that simply believing that a medical treatment will work is enough to make that treatment effective. A patient who thinks he is taking an aspirin for a headache is likely to get the same relief if he swallows a sugar pill meant to look like a painkiller. The effect is…