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    Why Give?
    Why Give?
    Why Give?
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    Why Give?

    By Don Tipton and Sondra Tipton

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    Ever wonder what the Bible really says about helping people in need? What role does God play and what is the Christian's responsibility? What are the benefits of giving? What if we stay out of it and let other people fend for themselves? What about the agruments against helping the poor? All these questions are answered through the Word of God in this pamphlet, Why Give? The booklet answers each of these questions through a review of the Biblical scriptures relevant to each subject.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Tipton
    Release dateJul 24, 2013
    ISBN9781301693320
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    Don Tipton

    Don and Sondra Tipton are the Founders and Directors of Friend Ships Unlimited.Friend Ships is a Christian humanitarian aid organization that has sailed ships throughout the world delivering relief supplies, carrying out disaster relief and conducting medical missions in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. The organization and its team work in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods and in the course of wars, famines and extreme poverty. The organization has been in service since 1983.

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      Why Give? - Don Tipton

      Why Give?

      Compiled by Don & SondraTipton

      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

      Why Give?

      Copyright @ 2013

      Friend Ships Publishing

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be copied or reprinted without the express permission of Friend Ships publishing, with the exception of a review of this book whereby brief passages may be quoted by the reviewer with proper credit line. Write for permission to the address below.

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