Giving What You Cannot Keep

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Why Birds Cling to Their Perches

In her book 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, Suze Orman writes about a time when she was in Mexico. There was a merchant who was selling parrots: they weren't ...

Writer Randy Alcorn on Giving

In The Law Of Rewards, Randy Alcorn writes:

In 1990 I was a pastor on the board of a pregnancy resource center. After searching the Scriptures and praying, ...

Family Sacrifices Cable TV to Support Church

Pastor and author Bob Russell writes:

Jackie Nelson gave a moving testimony years ago that I've often repeated. Jackie said, "I am a single mother ...

Setting Our Upper Limit

Colin Smith, pastor of Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church, writes:

I have vivid memories as a kid of my father taking me to an auction sale. He ...

Blaming God but Doing Nothing

On my door there's a cartoon of two turtles. One says, "Sometimes I'd like to ask why he allows poverty, famine, and injustice when he could ...

When Tithing Was More Than a Tenth

How much people gave in the Old Testament is hazy. Most people say 10 percent. That's true for starters, because in the Old Testament there were several ...

Michelangelo Rich but Miserly

In the New York Times, Frank Bruni writes:

The man who lavished his time and energy on many a Renaissance masterpiece did not lavish his money on many ...

Stewardship Sermon Delights One Couple

Once, in a sermon on hoarding, I pointed out the foolishness of waiting until we die to give our children their inheritance. I explained, "When we ...

Vacuuming out of Love

One of the things I do for my wife regularly as an act of love is to vacuum the floors. Do you think that vacuuming floors comes naturally for me? My ...