A Christian’s Guide to Effective Giving: Maximizing Your Impact for God’s Kingdom As followers of Christ, we are called to be good stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. The Bible teaches us that giving is an essential part of our faith, but it doesn’t just tell us to give—it encourages us to […]
Giving
Tithing in the New Testament & Old
All about tithing in the new testament… Some say it was only an Old Testament Law that doesn’t need to be followed as believers under the New Covenant. And some say that it is just a relevant to New Testament Christians as it was in the Old Covenant. This is what the Bible says about Tithing…
5 Extraordinary Stories About Giving
As a reader of ChristianPF, I assume that you agree with this statement: “Even if you pay off every debt, build a fully funded emergency fund, invest wisely for retirement, save for your children’s college fund, and pay off your house early, you could still be missing the most important personal finance principle: giving!”
The 3 types of tithing in the Bible, and the 2 you shouldn’t do
(The following is an abbreviated transcription from a video Linda and I recorded. Please excuse any typos or errors.) So the other night, Linda and I were teaching our six-week financial class called True Financial Freedom. We’re on week two with our awesome students. And we do a little Q&A at the end of each […]
How to Send Money Anonymously (5 Easy Ways)
One of my favorite ways to give is to send money (or gifts) anonymously.
I love the thrill of sneaking around like James Bond, without the threat of getting shot or going to prison if you get caught.
10 Money Tips For Graduates
I keep checking my mailbox to get an invitation to speak at a school graduation, but alas, the invitation never came. Therefore, I’m going to share 10 tips I wish I had when I graduated (high school and college). 1. When given the choice to learn from your own mistakes or the mistakes of others . . .
Raise Your Children to be Generous: 3 Important Tips
On a Spring day in 1998, I reluctantly notified our mission chairman that I wouldn’t be able to make the Mexico Mission trip. My reason? I did not have the $500 deposit. However, that same day, my daughter called, “Dad, I know that you really, really want to take this trip, and it just so happens that I have an extra $500. I want you to use it for your deposit.”
8 Practical Ways to Love God More Than Money
I write this article as much to myself as to you: I fully realize how money will persistently and insidiously seek to capture a bigger and bigger portion of my heart and my life. I also know that drifting through life doesn’t work because I seldom drift closer to God.