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Would the prophet Micah condemn Federal Reserve?
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In Bible times, the prophet Micah observed those who were exploiting and cheating the poor, says Beliefnet columnist Chad Hovind. “They were powerful people using dishonest scales.” The ancient prophet said in Micah 6:11, “Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?” Hovind asks: What does he mean by “dishonest…
Feature: Christians shatter taboos around talking about money
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By G. JEFFREY MacDONALD c. 2011 Religion News Service BEVERLY, Mass. (RNS) No sooner had 29-year-old Graham Messier joined a small group at his church earlier this year than he found himself breaking an American taboo: talking about how much he earns, and where it all goes. Others in the group did likewise as they…
Feature: Economic Bell Tolls for Nation’s Church Steeples
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By CATHY LYNN GROSSMAN c. 2011 USA Today (RNS) Atop the tiny, white-columned 1842 church where Glen Likens was baptized, where he married his wife, where their children were baptized, where they still worship on Sundays, the steeple is rotting. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Wadsworth, Ohio, hasn’t dared sound the damaged 2,000-pound bell for…
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