Does anybody even believe these words of Jesus?!?
I’m sure you know that not every word Jesus spoke was recorded in the Gospels. In fact, it’s something the Apostle Paul claims Jesus said as recorded […]
30
Apr
2021
Blog Tag
Giving
09
Nov
2018
Why most of us are irrational about what we expect to receive …
Many people today (including many professing Christians) live life with a persistent low-level of disappointment. Oh, we usually don’t admit it to anyone, but the reality is […]
24
May
2018
It’s not what you have but what you do with it …
In his book, Stewarding Life, Paul Chappel makes the following observation about God’s measure of stewardship: “When a church or business hires an outside accounting firm to […]
04
May
2018
What is a “kingdompreneuer” and are you one?
Have you ever wondered what the first idea of some things that exist today must have been like? Take, for example, the guy who came up with […]
07
Jul
2017
An investment program promoted by Jesus …
There’s an old saying that you cannot save your way to wealth. I think it’s generally true; usually, to achieve “wealth” you need an investment opportunity that […]
26
Feb
2016
Are you guilty of stunting kingdom progress?
People who don’t give much, or at all, are often the loudest to pontificate about if God gave a vision for ministry, He’ll provide the resources. That’s […]
28
Nov
2015
Is there enough “good” to share?
Is it possible to run out of “good”? That sounds like a silly question, but it happens to be a real fear of many people. In 1980, […]
17
Dec
2014
Giving from an overflow v. sharing …
You hear a great deal of talk about “overflow” from many pulpits today. The fact is, if the church — or this world — relied on good, […]
06
Oct
2014
Are you really generous, or are you fooling yourself?
If you were in need — real need, the kind that requires help from a friend — how would you want your friend to respond to your […]
18
Jul
2014
Could this be why God isn’t answering some of your prayers?
John G. Wendel and his sisters were some of the most miserly people of all time. Although they had received a huge inheritance from their parents that […]