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Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

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Randy Alcorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 23
Died: 1987
Died: March 2
Actor
Clergyman
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Orange County
Virginia
George Randolph Scott
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