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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?

Randy Alcorn

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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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Neighbor
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Truly
Present
Storing
Future
Laboring
Money
Obeying
Today
Actual
Needs
Command

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