Help with sermon prep by making observations on giving found in 2 Corinthians 8-9. Share those with me via the comments or via email. Together let’s clear up some misconceptions about what the Bible really teaches about giving. Sunday I…
6 Facts About the Giving of American Christians
Yesterday, I posted Christian Smith and Michael O. Emerson’s conclusions about why Americans don’t give. Now, here are six facts they discovered in their research about American giving. At least one out of five American Christians – 20% of all…
Christian Smith on Why Americans Give So Little Financially
Christian Smith, who coined the term “moralistic therapeutic deism,” is one of the foremost sociologists in the world. In a book he wrote with Michael Emerson and Patricia Snell, Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money,…
“Don’t Store Up Treasures on Earth”: What Jesus Doesn’t and Does Mean
The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7 : Christian Counter-Culture)
John Piper on the “Suicidal Craze of the Lottery”
John Piper: Tonight a ticket will be chosen worth over half a billion dollars. Lottery agents in New York were selling 1.3 million Mega Millions tickets per hour Thursday. Officials were expecting to sell about 1.2 billion tickets total before…
Should Christians tithe?
Andy Naselli summarizes an answer to this question from theologian Thomas Schreiner.
Randy Alcorn: What Is a Generosity Theology?
Click through to the Resurgence if you can’t see the video. In this clip from his interview with Pastor Mark Driscoll, bestselling author Randy Alcorn talks about how so many Christians are missing out on joy by not being generous…