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Was the Apostle Paul an Advocate of the "Prosperity" Gospel?

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  • Sam Storms

Should we give in order to get? The prosperity gospel says, Yes. What does the Bible say about Christian giving? The article explains based on 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, 10-11.

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Knowing God Can Do the Impossible Should Affect the Way We Live

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  • Casey Lewis

The sovereignty of God implies that God can do the impossible. This reality should impact your prayer, giving, and evangelism, and the article fleshes this out.

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What Is God’s Will Regarding Personal Finance? – Accumulation of Wealth

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  • A. T. Vergunst

Has God anything to say regarding your personal finance? This article explains the aspects of saving money, giving, and retirement.

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Charity And Its Roots

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  • John D. Van Meerbeke

This article shows how the roots of giving rest in loving God and loving others, and how loving God and loving others is the heart of practicing true stewardship. 

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Funding The War Against Satan

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  • Glenn D. Jerrell

Giving is not only an act of worship; it is also an act of waging war. In this article the author shows that the church is militant, therefore resources are needed to wage the war against Satan. He calls you to see your giving as participating in this certain victory. How? 

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Our Lavish God

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  • Daniel P. Clifford

Deuteronomy 14:25-27 gives a command to God's people that ensures that they must enjoy their giving to God. This article reveals how this is related to Christians' giving today. 

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From 10 Percent To 100 Percent

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  • James J. Cassidy

Should Christians give a tithe of 10 percent of their income? This article shows that for Christians, giving is more governed by their response to the coming of the kingdom in Jesus Christ. Therefore it is not giving 10 percent; it is giving up to 100 percent - Acts 4:32-37. Why? 

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Cross-Shaped Giving

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  • J. Mark Sallade

What should motivate a Christian's giving? True giving rests in Christ and His cross. True preaching of the Gospel encourages true giving, for giving is response to who Christ is and what He has done. In him you are rich; this is what Corinthians 8:9 says, as we will see in this article. 

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Contributing To Build God's Temple

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  • Everett A. Henes

Is the any connection between the giving for the tabernacle, the temple, and the church today? This article shows that giving has always been an act of worship, and that God's people always gave from what God gave them. Most importantly, they always gave for God's cause. This is the connection. How? 

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Ten Principles of Christian Giving

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  • J. Ligon Duncan II

How should you give? This article gives you ten principles that should govern Christian giving and tithing. 

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Materialism: What It Is & How to Escape It

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  • Chuck Bentley

Are you caught in the trap of materialism? How can you escape? This article explains what materialism is, and mentions the principle of giving as a way of escaping materialism.

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What Does the Bible Say about Giving? Six Lessons from the Old Testament

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  • Chuck Bentley

Giving and generosity are what should characterize the attitude of Christians towards others. What does it mean to give and be generous? This article draws six lessons from Genesis 12-14.

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The Best Generosity Story Ever

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  • Paul David Tripp

The culture of generosity has gripped your heart if you take more delight in giving than getting. How does one develop the discipline of generous giving? It is by understanding the story of the generosity of God. This article explains how this story unfolds and how it leads to generosity.

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A Foundation for Biblical Giving

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  • Waldean Wall

This article shows that biblical giving is less about the amount than the way we understand the gospel. It offers four beliefs that combine to shape the heart for giving.

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We Are to Use Our Wealth for the Aid of Those in Poverty

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Developing right attitudes to provisions and wealth and making changes in our personal lifestyles are a starting point for redeeming the economic sphere of life. This article shows that the responsibility lies with the wealthy to help the poor through giving, investment, and spending.

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3 John 8 – Missionary Giving

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  • Jay Adams

Did you know that your giving is part of being involved in mission work? This is what 3 John 8 says.

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Fears and Fleeting Faith

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  • Tim Challies

Should collections in church be done with cash or electronically? Does giving through debit make giving an act of worship? This article weighs in.

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Joy Is for the Generous

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  • Tim Challies

Money cannot buy happiness, but money can be used to generate holy joy. How? 1 Chronicles 29 explains how giving does this.

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2 Corinthians 9:6-7 – God Loves a Cheerful Giver

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From 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 this article highlights three principles that must govern the Christian’s attitude to giving.

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Tithing

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  • Bill Dehaas

Tithing or giving is rooted in a conviction that God owns everything. From 1 Corinthians 16 this article shares the pattern of Christian giving.

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The Role of Collections in the Worship Service

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  • Cornelis Pronk

This article looks at collections and the act of giving in the worship service. It also discusses seven principles Paul gives us as guidelines for giving.

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Giving Glory to God with Our Money: A Biblical Approach

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  • Josh Hahne

The goal of how we use our money is the glory of God. The right motive for giving lies in understanding this principle. This article explains the principle.

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Helping the Needy in a Developing Country

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  • Alan Douma

Giving and helping in order to address the spiritual cause of poverty and meet the needs of the people is possible. One can help in such a way that both the human dignity of the one helped and biblical equality are elevated. This is what the article unpacks.

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The Need Outside

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  • Bevan Hoyt, Elrike Hoyt

Giving should not be driven only by our neighbour coming to ask for help. It can also be driven by you going to seek your needy neighbour, to model God in his mercy, to be the salt and light in this world. The author encourages Christians to practice the ministry of word and deed, and maps out the challenges and practical ways of getting started.

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Giving - Heart Matters!

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  • Amy Posthuma

For a Christian, giving should flow from gratitude for what Christ has done for him. Therefore, the Christian gives for the glory of God, according to God's law, and out of faith. The Christian should also be generous in his giving.

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Money (2): Giving

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This article on money answers the questions about giving that face every believer. The author deals with the why, what, where, and how of Christian giving.

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Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressible Gift

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  • Danny E. Olinger

This article is about giving generously in the collection. In his letter, Paul exhorts the Corinthian Christians to give generously, pointing to the Macedonian Christians as an example. Did the Corinthians really understand the extent of God's generosity to them in the gift of his Son? Our willingness to give shows that we belong to Christ.

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The Congregation’s Support of Her Diaconate (3): An Act of Worship

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  • Douglas J. Kuiper

The church of Jesus Christ must supply her deacons with that which they need to do their work. Therefore, giving for the care of the poor must be a priority for the church, and must be an act of the church as an institution. But even more, giving is an act of worship to the Lord. The church’s giving is obedience to, love for, and gratitude to God for all He has done for us in Jesus Christ.

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The Congregation’s Support of Her Diaconate (2): Principles of Giving

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  • Douglas J. Kuiper

The church of Jesus Christ must supply her deacons with that which they need to do their work. How does the church do this? Through giving, answers the author. How should the church give? The author answers again: according to what God has given you, generously, and sacrificially. God cares also about the attitude we have toward giving; hence, giving must be done with sincerity of heart, cheerfully, and out of trust that God will supply what we need.

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Stewards

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  • Clarence Bouwman

What does it mean to be a steward? The author also looks at contentment and doing good and giving to others.

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Sacrificial Giving

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  • Kieran Beville

Where there is true faith, there will also be giving. This article looks at the nature of this giving and hinderances to giving, looking specifically at Ezra 2:68-69.

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Should Christians Tithe?

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  • John Blanchard

Malachi 3:10 must be understood in the context of the Old Testament and in relation to the other laws. Therefore, it will be wrong to demand tithing from Christians today based on this text. This article shows that the New Testament encourages Christians to give in response to grace shown them. The author also discusses guidelines to giving and means of giving.

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Giving to the Lord: The Givers Principles

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  • John W. Keddie

Why should we give to the Lord? This article provides some principles behind our giving, adding what we should give for, what we should give, should we tithe, and how should we give.

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To Whom Should I Give?

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  • William Shishko

This article is about the priorities in the giving of our money.

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The Gift of Fellowship

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  • Thomas E. Tyson

This article is about fellowship and the gifts of Christ, and fellowship in the church and our giving. 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 is also discussed.

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Tithing & Giving

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  • Michael G. Brown

This article has some guidelines for our giving to God in the offering of the worship service.

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1 Timothy 6:17 - God Richly Provides Us with Everything

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  • Willem den Hollander

This article on 1 Timothy 6:17 is about how generous the provision of God is, and how He also wants us to enjoy providing for and giving to others.

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Giving as Worship

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  • J. M. MacPherson

This article is about the collection or the offering in the worship service. The author discusses the motive and the measure of our giving in the service of the Lord.

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Generosity Motivated by the Grace of God

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article is about the generosity of the Macedonian Christians as example for our giving today. The author looks at 2 Corinthians 8 and 2 Corinthians 9 and shows the motivation for using our financial gifts, and Jesus Christ as the model for how we should look at our money.

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Worshipping the Lord Through Our Financial Gifts

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article discusses tithing in the Old Testament and New Testament, freewill offerings, and our budgeting and giving today. The author also looks at Malachi 3:8-10.

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2 Corinthians 8-9 - The ministry of giving (Part 1)

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  • G. Ball

This is a Bible Study on 2 Corinthians 8. Money,giving and tithing is discussed in this article.

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Reconstructing a Biblical Model for Giving

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  • Andreas J. Köstenberger, David A. Croteau

In a previous article all relevant references to tithing in Scripture were discussed and it was concluded that the continuation of a tithing requirement can not be adequately supported by the exegesis of individual texts. In the present essay the authors assess the applicability of tithing in light of pertinent systematic issues.

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