Roger Braker: The Prosperous LifeThe Poor Archives - Roger Braker: The Prosperous Life https://rogerbraker.com/category/the-poor/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:33:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://rogerbraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-cropped-head-32x32.jpg The Poor Archives - Roger Braker: The Prosperous Life https://rogerbraker.com/category/the-poor/ 32 32 The Poor Part 4 – Israel and Poverty https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/21/the-poor-part-4-israel-and-poverty/ https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/21/the-poor-part-4-israel-and-poverty/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 01:02:57 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=714 One of the great things we have learned about finances in the record about Joseph is that it is Godly to save money. But there are still some more interesting truths. The years of great abundance have ended, and the famine has set in. Genesis 41:55-57 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, […]

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]]> One of the great things we have learned about finances in the record about Joseph is that it is Godly to save money. But there are still some more interesting truths. The years of great abundance have ended, and the famine has set in. Genesis 41:55-57 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/21/the-poor-part-4-israel-and-poverty/feed/ 2 The Poor Part 3 – Joseph https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/14/the-poor-part-3-joseph/ https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/14/the-poor-part-3-joseph/#comments Fri, 15 May 2020 01:45:58 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=705 In our overview of how the poor were dealt with in the Bible, we want to remember what happened in Egypt during the famine. I never understood how saving 1/5 of the crops each year during the good years could sustain all those people for seven years. I felt like I was missing something in […]

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]]> In our overview of how the poor were dealt with in the Bible, we want to remember what happened in Egypt during the famine. I never understood how saving 1/5 of the crops each year during the good years could sustain all those people for seven years. I felt like I was missing something in […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/14/the-poor-part-3-joseph/feed/ 2 The Poor Part 2 https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/05/the-poor-part-2/ https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/05/the-poor-part-2/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 00:40:50 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=701 The attitude that it is wrong for a Christian to accumulate wealth has been around for centuries. It has been commonly believed that the truly pious or humble have renounced all worldly goods to find favor with God. To enter into the good graces of God, one must give all to the church or give […]

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]]> The attitude that it is wrong for a Christian to accumulate wealth has been around for centuries. It has been commonly believed that the truly pious or humble have renounced all worldly goods to find favor with God. To enter into the good graces of God, one must give all to the church or give […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2020/05/05/the-poor-part-2/feed/ 2 The Poor Part 1 https://rogerbraker.com/2020/04/24/the-poor-part-1/ https://rogerbraker.com/2020/04/24/the-poor-part-1/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2020 02:47:27 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=692 Part of the Prosperous Life is concerned with holding up old religious ideas to the truth of God’s Word and scrutinizing them to see if they still hold water. Some Christians feel that it is altogether wrong to accumulate money/wealth for any reason. One author wrote: “Many of the Jews of Jesus’ day thought that […]

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]]> Part of the Prosperous Life is concerned with holding up old religious ideas to the truth of God’s Word and scrutinizing them to see if they still hold water. Some Christians feel that it is altogether wrong to accumulate money/wealth for any reason. One author wrote: “Many of the Jews of Jesus’ day thought that […]

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