As we continue our look at the five promises we make when we join the local church, we look at what it means to faithfully participate in its ministries by our gifts. Giving is an unpopular topic in the church, and often a sermon about tithing gives the impression that the church only wants our money. But we will see that stewardship is not about ( Read more... )

In the early Church we see an example of how we as Christians ought to respond to the good news that Jesus Christ rescued us from sin and death. It was a natural response for the first Christians to be extremely generous with their resources, because they recognized that they had been given everything by God's hand, and they realized that none of ( Read more... )