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September 2, 2008
An exercise in stewardship word association
Why does Google associate stewardship with the environment? Why is stewardship in churches synonymous with capital fundraising and the annual tithing emphasis? Why did stewardship get left out of our theological vocabulary and words like redemption, propitiation, justification, etc. survive? When did being disciples and being stewards become two seperate endeavors?
Just curious. Your thoughts?
Posted by bstroup at September 2, 2008 3:46 PM
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I believe money is our greatest surrender as Christians. Thus, as human beings, we have done everything we can to take one of the most important spiritual disciplines such as tithing and distort it. STewardship is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in the Christian Church. It is also one of the most important ones for us to get. Until we can live a Matthew 6:24 life, we will struggle with keeping everything surrendered to God.
Posted by: Bob Brooks at September 2, 2008 10:10 PM
Well said Bob. We too often play the role of the rich, young ruler that Jesus confronted in the Gospels. We are willing to follow all "the rules" of the game but are reluctant to surrender everything to follow Him.
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Posted by: Ben at September 3, 2008 8:33 AM