- Mon, Mar 29, 2010
- Money and Giving
Is being “rich” a sin?
Question from a reader:
Is being so-called “rich” a sin? Does God always prohibit Christians from having wealth?
Resources: money
- Mon, Mar 29, 2010
- Money and Giving
Is good stewardship always about paying the lowest price for things?
This is a good reminder that there is a time to not only pay full price, but also to pay in excess to the glory of God, if that’s more pleasing and honoring to Him.
- Mon, Mar 29, 2010
- Money and Giving
Roadblocks to Giving: The Treasure Principle chapter 4 (video)
Randy Alcorn teaching on Treasure Principle.
- Sun, Mar 28, 2010
- Money and Giving
In your books, you talk about eternal investments only counting if you give them away in your lifetime. So, putting a charitable organization in your will—does that count?
Regardless of whether we are rewarded in the same way we would have been if we'd trusted God to give it away while we were still alive, it is obviously still wise, and in that sense perhaps rewardable, to leave behind money to God’s kingdom. But since we have no choice but to leave it behind, whether to one place or another, I don’t think it requires the trust and dependence and faith of giving it away while we’re alive. That actually involves sacrifice in a way that simply designating money in a will doesn’t ...
- Fri, Mar 26, 2010
- Money and Giving
- Fri, Mar 26, 2010
- Money and Giving
Advice about giving (video)
In this 7-minute clip, Randy shares two scenarios, and compares human advice with Jesus' words about money and giving.
- Fri, Mar 26, 2010
- Money and Giving
Does our drive toward big churches handicap giving? (video)
In this five and a half minute clip, Randy answers a question about whether the desire to have large churches with buildings and a large staff hinders giving.
- Thu, Mar 25, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology, Money and Giving
I’m troubled by the parable (Matthew 13:44) of the buried treasure in your book The Treasure Principle.
Question from a reader:
We’re reading your book The Treasure Principle and loving it by the way, but using the example of the buried treasure in the field at the beginning—got me wondering about something else.
I know the parables Jesus used were ones the people could relate to. The parable of the man who finds the treasure in a field he doesn’t own, hides it away, then without telling the owner or anyone else—buys it so he can possess the treasure.
What gives with this example? Is it a cultural thing? Was there a kind of “finders/keepers losers/weepers” clause for the day since people buried stuff a lot?
- Wed, Mar 24, 2010
- Christian Life, Money and Giving
I am a single parent and have been both challenged and disturbed by reading The Treasure Principle
I have just finished prayerfully reading Randy Alcorn’s The Treasure Principle. I am a single parent with three school-age children and have been both challenged and disturbed by it. My husband left us for an immoral lifestyle when they were very young. I am very troubled because I am aware that God is asking me to “lay up treasure in Heaven.” I am also aware that I have not done that, although I did tithe before alimony was cut. But also I accrued debt. This often was to live-sometimes the debt was to buy food. I have also made bad choices, such as using credit last Christmas to be able to give gifts to my children.
