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October 10, 2007
Money and the Church
Two common fallacies exist in our stewardship thinking, and both must be corrected. First, we seem to have had the idea that we can expect good fruit from a corrupt tree. That is, we have conducted the administration and finances of the church as though non-Christians could exemplify evangelical stewardship...We shall need to face up to the possibility that our spirituality may have to be increased before we can expect more generous giving....A second fallacy in stewardship thinking is the idea that man automatically exemplifies evangelical stewardship simply by accepting Christ as his Lord and Savior. This fallacy arises because we have failed to recognize that the many implications of the gospel are not immediately clear. The Christian faith has implications for all areas of life, but sometimes these implications are hidden and must be brought out into the open as one grows in faith. Hence, if Christians are to learn to express their faith in more generous giving, they must be given certain guiding principles.
From Money and the Church (pgs. 204-5)
by Luther P. Powell
(Note: This book is a classic and unfortunately out of print.)
Posted by bstroup at October 10, 2007 1:44 AM
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