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I never had a better idea of believing in Jesus than I once had from a poor countryman. Speaking about faith, he said, “The old enemy has been troubling me very much lately, but I told him that he must not say anything to me about my sins. He must go to my Master, for I had transferred the whole concern…

As Abraham was less than Melchizedek, for without doubt the less is blessed of the greater, so also Levi was less than Melchizedek, for he was in the loins of Abraham when Melchizedek met him. As Levi was in the loins of Abraham and paid tithes to Melchizedek, so we were in the loins of Christ and paid…

In the olden times of imprisonment for debt, it would have been quite correct for you to step into the cell of a debtor and say to him, “I have freed you,” if you had paid his debts and obtained an order for his discharge. But he is still in prison! Yes, but you really liberated him as soon as you paid…

If some influential and powerful person should say to you, “I live to promote your interest. Wherever I go and whatever I do, whatever I seek and whatever I obtain, I live for you,” it would show great friendship, and excite in us great expectations. Would it not? Yet here is the Lord Jesus declaring…

If we can be saved by our own merits, we need justice, but we certainly do not want mercy. A man who can go into court with a clear case and a bold countenance does not ask for mercy from the judge, and the offer of it would insult him. “Give me justice,” he says, “give me my rights,” and he stands up…

A New Jersey mega-church helped pay off $13.7 million in medical debt for roughly 3,800 individuals and families in their community. Lead Pastor and founder of Liquid Church, Tim Lucas said the church discovered that medical debt was destroying the financial stability of families in their community.…

Fyli, a municipality in Greece, northwest of Athens has a debt of $500 million. They have been granted generous terms for repayment. In 2016, authorities awarded the city 25,546 months to pay meaning the debt will finally be paid in 4144. Our debt of sin could not be paid, even if we had 25,000 months…

Officials at Delaware State University announced they are cancelling over $730,000 dollars in student debt for graduating students who faced financial hardships during the pandemic. Officials said the average eligible student will qualify for about $3200 in debt relief which totals about a third of a…

One hundred and forty nine passengers were preparing to fly to London, when French authorities ordered the seizing of their jet. The jet, owned by Ryanair, was released because the company had ignored attempts to get them to repay funds the European Union had declared to be illegal subsidies. Authorities…

Though he makes his living repossessing other people’s cars, one Illinois repo man had a change of heart and surprised an elderly couple after he took their car. Jim Ford, co-owner of Illini Asset Recovery, said that after he took an elderly couple’s car, he thought about what it would have been like…

“The average American with credit card debt owes more than $15,000.” Our massive debts have spawned a whole community of experts explaining how to manage or get rid of the debt. “The strategy begins with cutting up those cards that have the debt.” Then have a strategy to begin paying them off, one by…

In the movie 7 Pounds, actor Will Smith portrays Ben/Tim Thomas. After causing a car accident and multiple fatalities, Thomas dedicates the remainder of his life to pay for his mistakes. While his intentions are noble, he never feels that he can completely atone for the sins of the past. Rather than…

In May 2017, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said that total household debt in the United States had reached a record high, exceeding the previous high in 2008. The financial institution said household debt stood at $12.73 trillion. They said most of that debt consisted of student and auto loans,…

The chief fiscal officer for the state of Illinois said she does not know how big Illinois’s pile of unpaid bills really is. The state sold $4.5 billion worth of bonds to pay down the estimated $16.6 billion it owes to contactors, health care providers, and others. Part of the problem is state agencies…

One of the keys of good stewardship is to spend less than you make creating a surplus. The surplus allows you the ability to help others or to give to a good cause. Unfortunately, 60% of Americans say they spent more than they earned last year. A survey of more than 27,000 people by the FINRA Investor…

Jeffery Lew’s third-grade son went to school in Seattle. Jeffery heard that some families at his son’s school owed money to the school lunch program and that after three days the district disables their lunch account and bills the parents. Jeffery checked and the entire debt for the school was 97 dollars.…

The personal finance guru in The New York Times, Carl Richards, has an interesting suggestion for staying out of debt, or at least lowering it significantly. His suggestion is to pay for the item first, by putting the money aside in a savings account. If you can’t wait to save up for the whole amount,…

Piers Steel, a Canadian industrial psychologist, and professor from the University of Calgary concluded a ten-year study on procrastination that he published in the Bulletin of the American Psychological Association. According to Steel, procrastination “makes people poorer, fatter and unhappier.” Financially,…

Bloomfield Colorado police officer Carolyn Becker has a special connection to a young man she has never met and has found ways to go above and beyond the call of duty to help him. Becker had wanted to help someone by being a live organ donor. She inquired about one person, but was not a suitable match.…

In China, a restaurant begin a promotion that was so successful that it put them out of business. They offered a month of “all you can eat,” as it turns out their customers had quite an appetite. Halfway into the promotion the restaurant was $100,000 in debt and had to close their doors. —Jim L. Wilson…

Jim Ford was sent to repossess a 1998 Buick belonging to Patty Kipping, 70, and her 82-year-old husband, Stanford. Upon arriving at their home, he discovered the Kippings were mired in debt from medical expenses and had only $30 to last until their next Social Security check. Jim set up an online fundraiser…

Hannah Oliver-Willetts of the United Kingdom was working tirelessly to raise funds in support of her son, Zac, who is suffering from Leukemia. The special treatment, while likely to be successful, is not yet available in the UK and is therefore very expensive. The Hospital contributed by cutting the…

There are many reasons to keep our financial lives healthy. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Board have revealed another. “Couples with low credit scores are more likely to break up than those with higher scores.” If you let your debt get out of hand, your marriage will suffer. The researchers have…

Michelle England beat cancer in 2014, but the cancer returned a few years later. She wasn’t able to work while she underwent chemotherapy and struggled to pay all of her bills. She was able to pay her mortgage, and utilities, but wasn’t able to make the car payment, so the dealership repossessed her…

Every year Americans take time to honor mothers with nice meals, cards, and phones calls home. While they are honoring their mothers, few people realize how much they really owe their moms. Though not all the figures are exact, the total is surprisingly large, especially for the millennial generation.…