Understanding this biblical truth, that to have food and clothing was enough for Paul and the early church, we have to stop and ask ourselves: will it be enough for me?
Category: Parenting and Family
Contentment is the greatest gain
Even if you do find yourself with great riches, the greater thing, literally “the greatest gain” is to be content with whatever you have. It frees you to give away what was never yours in the first place.
Review: Plastic Donuts
We have been blessed so much by the generous giving of others, and God’s faithful provision. But after reading Jeff Anderson’s book, Plastic Donuts, Giving that Delights the Heart of the Father, I have to wonder: Does my giving delight God in the same way, or is it merely my attempt to satisfy some legalistic requirement?
Adopted as sons.
God’s love for us is not because of our usefulness to him, not because of our service to him, not because of the good things we do, or because of our knowledge of him. He loves us because we are his sons and daughters…
How to tell a more compelling story
“Dad, you got it wrong,” Josh said after the first service. He was probably 10 at the time, so I overlooked his blunt criticism of my teaching. Was it my theology, my application, my mismatched pairing of shirt and socks? “You got the story all wrong,” he continued.