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Sermon Illustration: How Much Should We Give To God?
By SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023
If you've ever taken your kids to McDonald's, then this illustration is right up your alley.
If you've ever taken your kids to McDonald's, then this illustration is right up your alley.
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“This is just a hugely distasteful example of the American money obsession gospel which us non-Americans find nauseating.” I stared at my inbox and read the response twice. Then three times. Somewhere, in some other country, some nameless person with an @hotmail.com email address was very upset with me.
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By Kent Woodyard on Mar 20, 2021
My article last week focused on a particularly negative reaction I received to a blog post about online giving. That response – and them is understanding it belied – galvanized me to talk about generosity,stewardship, and all things giving even more than I had before.
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Redefining members (not pastors and staff) as the “church” and the community (not members) as the “customer” would reverse the lens through which churches evaluate nearly every decision they make today.
