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Money, Possessions & Eternity is absolutely the most phenomenal book regarding the biblical view of money that I've ever read! I'm studying and highlighting as I go, and it is literally rocking my spiritual world. - J. P.
Great book! Makes you really think how you're spending the money that God has entrusted to you. - D. H.
Wow. Alcorn's book is a rallying cry for every Christian who is trying to be "in the world but not of it." Loaded with Scripture and thought provoking insight, this is a book I will be referring to and passing on to my friends and family. - B. B.
My husband and I have been so blessed by Randy's book Money, Possessions & Eternity. God used it to help change the course and focus of our lives. We in turn have shared these principles with many others. - A. F.
Offerings had
been running under budget for several months here. Like many pastors I had been
a bit reluctant to preach much on tithing, resulting from not thinking through
the issue clearly enough. I purchased The Treasure Principle and Money, Possessions
and Eternity. I used these books along with some other material I had as a basis
for 4 messages on the issue of giving and finance for believers. I found Mr.
Alcorn's books to be quite helpful and provided great insight into this matter.
I quoted him numerous times in each of the messages. Since giving the first
of these messages in early January we have seen a marked increase in giving
to the church and to missions supported by this church. We have definitely added
some tithers from people who previously did not tithe. - O. B.
On page 340 of Money, Possessions & Eternity you seem to be saying "give now." When I was in Bible college some guys used that same logic to quit their training to go witness. For some of us, staying was the right thing to do. To send all students out of Bible college for current needs would not have provided for future needs. Isn't there a time to forgo current needs to provide for future needs?
The Response
My husband and I have been so blessed by Randy's book Money, Possessions & Eternity. God used it to help change the course and focus of our lives. We in turn have shared these principles with many others. - A. F.
Offerings had been running under budget for several months here. Like many pastors I had been a bit reluctant to preach much on tithing, resulting from not thinking through the issue clearly enough. I purchased The Treasure Principle and Money, Possessions and Eternity. I used these books along with some other material I had as a basis for 4 messages on the issue of giving and finance for believers. I found Mr. Alcorn's books to be quite helpful and provided great insight into this matter. I quoted him numerous times in each of the messages. Since giving the first of these messages in early January we have seen a marked increase in giving to the church and to missions supported by this church. We have definitely added some tithers from people who previously did not tithe. - O. B.
My husband and I signed up to take a class that was just starting to be offered to study Money, Possessions & Eternityy at our church. At the commencement of the course we initially had well over thirty people but finished with only twelve who read it all and signed the covenant.
Perhaps, for many, your sentiment that "there is something in this book to offend everyone" simply rang too true for many or maybe it was the gargantuan commitment of fitting in the 400+ pages of reading material over the course of a four-month span that scared them off. Now, being that reading happens to be my favorite hobby and I am a writer myself, taking on such a task was quite effortless, as well as the fact that my husband and I do not take our commitments lightly.
So we finished the course and, to say the least, it changed our lives immensely. Below is the actual letter that we wrote for our former instructors to use in the next class on the transformation that took place:
"Money, Possessions and Eternity was one of the best things to ever happen to our marriage. Through personal experience, we now see how studying this book, as well as implementing the truth discovered in it from God's word, is so vital to the peace and joy of every disciple.
God has taken away the materialistic views and desires we once had, that "he who dies with the most toys wins" or that success in this life has anything to do with how nice of a car we drive, how big of a house we own or how well it is furnished. You see, none of that matters to us anymore. We only want to serve our Lord and if He so chooses to "bless" us, it is our delight to bless him right back.
Going through this class has changed the way we view all of our time, money and possessions. God owns everything, even when it is ours to control. He wants to see us thriving in this life and rewarded in the next.
If there is anything we have learned from this book and course, it is that God truly deserves the glory. He gave the most valuable, the most precious thing He could; therefore, we should be just as conscious of what we do with the "valuables" he entrusts to us.
Lacey Rocha
San Antonio, TX (name used with permission)
I have finished reading Money, Possessions, & Eternity and have been greatly blessed as God has proved his faithfulness yet again by teaching me these valuable truths. I was so excited while reading, that it took me longer than usual to read-I kept putting the book down to go apply what I had learned!
God has been moving me in this direction for some time now, but this book was the vital information I needed. I read it with my Bible open in front of me the whole time so I could look up the references. I put verses and quotes from the book onto 3 x 5 cards to put in my wallet by my money, and I returned some things I had recently bought so I could give the money away.
The woman's ministry director at my church is going to Haiti on a short term mission trip, and I was able to give her the $200 I had gotten from the items returned. I felt like John Wesley with the pictures on his wall and the maid.It was a huge "Ah-Ha" moment.If I buys things for myself that I don't need, it literally takes things away from those who are truly needy.I realized nothing I bought for myself-jewelry, fine art, clothing had ever made me happy, but giving the money away was such a joy! - J. B.
I just finished Money, Possessions and Eternity this evening. Aside from my Bible, I cannot think of a book that has altered my thinking more." - K. C.
Thank you for allowing Him to use you through your book, Money, Possessions & Eternity. My life as an attorney for 15 years making five times more than my father ever did, has been turned. In the last year, my wife and I have given, sold, gotten out of, and turned over. Now we're just waiting for what He has planned for us, not our plans. We're living a joyful life in a period of time of wanting to take a step of faith not knowing where it may be. He has gotten us debt free and ready for some call of His. - We are eternally grateful. - P. C.
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