Advice from Solomon and the book of Hebrews.
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Ben White |
Advice from Solomon and the book of Hebrews.
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Ben White |
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Daniel Thomas |
What does the Bible say about cosigning loans?
Perhaps you're familiar with the proverb advising that those who cosign for strangers will suffer harm (Pro. 11:15). Sound advice, right?
Yet, I think there's another angle to this discussion worth bringing to light.
I MET KATIE IN THE HALCYON DAYS of senior year at Norman High School. Life sped by at a thoroughbred's pace, and I did my best to maintain my grip on the reins; it seemed I went from a twerp teenager to man-child in a matter of days.Two years after graduation, we were married.One struggle of twenty-year-old newlyweds is leasing an apartment. We had jobs, but no credit, and they were part-time jobs. So even though our rent was something like $375, they wanted a cosigner—someone to fulfill the yearlong commitment were we to flake out.My dad signed the paperwork.It was probably stupid for him to do it, but he loved us and trusted in our work ethic and financial savvy.Lest you think this is one of those financial horror stories, we paid our rent. Every month on time.But the story could have turned out differently.
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Cash can't cushion you from metaphysical disaster.
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Glenn Carstens-Peters |
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Patrick Schneider |
Job's friend here intends to juxtapose our finite and humble existences to that of God almighty who is everlasting, pure, and perfect.He first posed the rhetorical, "Who that was innocent ever perished?" as if insinuating Job deserved the suffering in his life.Then he circled back and reported the words of a voice he heard, asking, "Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?" (4:17).Connecting the dots here, Eliphaz argues that the innocent will not perish, but that no one is innocent.Fair enough.We've all sinned, as the apostle Paul wrote in the book of Romans.
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Yes, the innocent do perish.
Rendy Novantino |
An underfitted model may suggest that you can always make better sales by spending more on marketing when in fact the model fails to capture a saturation effect (at some point, sales will flatten out no matter how much more you spend on marketing).
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Mitch Gaff |
The same counsel we give others in times of stress or grief we should abide by when such situations befall us. If we advise others to trust in God's provision, but feel slighted by God in the face of loss, doesn't that make us hypocrites?But you see, everything Job taught and counseled those countless others to do could have been 100% correct in theory. Job was obviously wise, resourceful, and devout so I'm sure he had a lot of good advice to hand out.But no amount of reading, studying, prayer, counsel, or anything else can prepare you for tragedy and the grief that follows. It is impossible to get in that headspace until you yourself undergo it.
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