When Faith Becomes Practical

Our faith becomes practical when it is expressed in two books: the date book and the check book.

Giving Is Theological

Because it's unpopular, the idea that giving is a theological matter and a major expression of your Christian faith has been, for the most part, lost. ...

Giving as Commitment

When we discuss money, we're talking about commitment, and commitment is our domain.

Retrieving Perspective

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today:

Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

Real Reward

I once heard a story about a father who inquired of his son when he planned to purchase a much-needed automobile. "When God sends my one hundred ...

Better than Televangelism

Americans in the '80s, the last years of the cable-television evangelists, were prompted to give to the six primary cable televangelists nearly $700 ...

Learning to Fly

In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch ...