Sermon Illustrations
Winning by Giving
A New Guinea society has a custom called moka by which gifts are given to gain prestige and shame rivals. One legendary moka gift given included several hundred pigs, some cows and wild birds, a truck, a motorbike, and thousands of dollars in cash. The person who gave all this is said to have told the person he gave it to, "I have won. I have knocked you down by giving so much."