This is the second part of What the Bible Has to Say About Money: Giving. Yesterday, in part 1, we touched on the subjects of blessings for the giver and having the proper attitude in giving. Read along today as I talk about where to give and how much to give.
Where to Give – Giving [...]
Sunday, January 31, 2010
I’m currently writing a series title “What the Bible Says about Money.” The last post was about contentment and peace and learning to be content in all circumstances even thought we are often encouraged to be discontent.
This week’s post is on the subject of giving. I tend to have a lot to say about giving [...]
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
This week I came across two great resources on the subject of giving that are the influence for this post.
Where to give
The first resource I found this week was an article titled “Where to Give” and was provided by Free Money Finance. The article was a well chosen book excerpt from Dollars and Doctrine. I [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
A few years ago my wife and I took a leap of faith in our giving. We felt a conviction to give more. We knew we had positioned ourselves in such a way that giving by the numbers, or within our budget didn’t make logical sense. In other words our expenses, the expenses we had planned [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Although I’ve never loaned a significant amount of money with interest to a family member I could see where this might present some challenges. Especially if money or a loan agreement comes between the relationship.
I’ve always had a rule that I don’t perform financial coaching or deal too closely with personal money issues with anyone I sit across [...]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Can you really be happier with more money? Of course not, right? Studies have shown that having more money, beyond what is required for the basic needs of life (food, clothing & shelter) don’t make us any happier.
Material Pursuit
I’ve caught myself in the past thinking that just another raise or bonus would provide more for our family [...]
Sunday, September 13, 2009
There aren’t many acts in the Bible in which God asks us to test Him, but giving is one of them. Today, I heard a very powerful message from our church pastor about money and marriage. Among several things he spoke about were stewardship and giving.
As you may or may not know, One Money Design is about [...]
Sunday, July 26, 2009
America is becoming a much more frugal society and taking measures to spend within their limits because of today’s economy. However, giving may still not be the priority it should be for Christian famlies or individuals. Either by way of barriers, or excuses giving doesn’t find its way as a top priority in the family [...]
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Have you heard about charity gift cards? I recently learned about them after reading an article from the Consumer Reports Money Advisor. I’ve heard about giving to charities by making a donation in the name of someone, but had never heard about buying a charity gift card and giving it as a gift. They seem [...]
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