Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 11093 Christian giving is one of those subjects that makes a congregation shuffle in its seats, and I understand why. Money is private, budgets are tight, and most of us have sat under at least one sermon that felt like a sales pitch. So let me say at the outset that I am not…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 11064. Biblical stewardship is one of those phrases that has been reduced almost entirely to money, and usually to money at the point where a church needs some. That is a shame, because the idea is far larger and considerably more searching than an annual appeal. A steward in the ancient world was a…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 11004. Christian giving is one of the few subjects where almost everyone agrees in principle and disagrees in practice. We all know we should be generous. Most of us give rather less than we imagine we do, and almost nobody wants the sermon. So let me try to make the case honestly, without guilt-driven…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 11003. Ask about Christian tithing in most evangelical churches and you will get a confident answer: ten per cent, off the top, and the Bible says so. Ask for the New Testament chapter and verse that requires it of the Church, and the room usually goes quiet. I want to handle this carefully, because…