Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Living - Stewardship & Giving

This book defines stewardship from an inclusive perspective, that is, it involves all of life: time, finances and talents.

Now in paperback, this challenging and provocative book strips the veneer from the financial advice of some popular evangelical media celebrities and advocates a reintegrating of faith and finances. Faithful Finances 101 is a first-person narrative by an outspoken advocate of faith-based investing. A senior vice president of investments at Paine Webber before founding his own investment firm as "counsel to ethical and spiritual investors," Gary Moore warns that much of the economic advice emanating from some popular and influential evangelical authors and speakers is based on scare tactics...

Food, Farming, and Faith looks at agricultural sustainability and Christianity. Using scripture and science, Gary W. Fick--a Christian agricultural scientist--demonstrates that faith can inform decisions about creating, managing, even consuming our food. The book highlights such topics as food and celebration, environmental care, ecology and faith, soil and water stewardship, animal welfare, and the impact of poverty on women and our food supply. Throughout, Fick presents and discusses biblical passages that comment on these areas and provides insight from personal experiences growing up in a...

The Life Principles Study Guides are perfect companions to Dr. Stanley's Life Principles Bible or for use on their own. They are a unique approach to Bible study, incorporating biblical truth, personal insights, emotional responses, and a call to action. Each study guide contains 10 Bible study lessons consisting of in-depth commentary by Dr. Charles Stanley, pertinent Scripture passages on the topic, and thought-provoking questions to facilitate group study. It will help you get in touch with the Bible, God, and yourself.

Giving to others brings indescribable pleasure. Author Rich Brott says, giving is fun! Giving is exciting! Just try to give something away without feeling wonderful. An inward joy comes to you when you have reached out and helped others. Whether it be in monetary gifts or simply rolling up your sleeves and helping out the old-fashioned way, the act of giving brings its own reward. When you give first, your own personal needs will be automatically taken care of. After all, giving is the Lord's work. It is Christianity in action.

There is a crisis, an ongoing stewardship problem, that affects both clergy and congregations in the average African American church. This "stewardship syndrome condition," argues Dr. George W. Banks Jr., is due in part to a lack of expository preaching, and a lack of exegetical teaching that uses biblical principles to instruct congregants how to practice good stewardship.

In "Back to the Basics: A Holistic Approach to Correcting the Stewardship Crisis in the African American Church," Dr. Banks examines Christian stewardship not only as Scripture presents it, but also as it relates to...

According to author Rich Brott, the topic of tithing on your increase always relates to your entire life and all that you are concerned with. It's not strictly a financial issue. We have much to give that is far more valuable than money. We have our time, our commitment, our attitude, our gifting, our energy, our service, our talent, our assets, our devotion and our entire life. Yet in all that we have to offer, our attitude toward our finances does play an important role and affects the other areas of our life. Your role in receiving the blessings of God is all about you keeping only a...

Descubre a traves de este libro los cuatro principios indispensables para salir de la crisis donde te encuentras y superar la escasez que estas padeciendo. Animate Si ingresas por la puerta de la bendicion veras una dimension espiritual diferente, la dimension del ciento por uno. Donde tu siembres tu ofrenda de guerra, de seguro cosecharas cien veces mas. No importa cuan grande o dificil sea la situcion, saldras victorioso

Aunque Dios no necesita de nuestros bienes, cuando el nos pide algo es porque anhela darnos mas, pero con su bendicion. Cuando le entregamos al Senor las primicias, la parte restante es bendecida. Sin embargo, ten en cuenta que antes de que Dios otorgue su bendicion, siempre te pedira que le entregues lo primero en todos los ordenes de tu vida. No hay espacio para las especulaciones. Entregale hoy tus primicias a Dios.

En la antiguedad, Dios mismo establecio una ley que declaraba que toda persona que encontrara un tesoro en un terreno, le pertenecia. La Biblia dice que el reino de los cielos es igual a un terreno con un tesoro que debemos encontrar. La sabiduria y el conocimiento es la llave de este cofre que guarda los secretos mas grandes de la prosperidad.

Talking about money in a personal way remains more of a taboo than sex or politics. This seems odd within a Christian context, since Jesus addressed topics of money, poverty, and wealth more than any other concerns. For many, money becomes an idol; we see it in our own culture as we pursue economic growth no matter the cost to the overall well-being of God's creation. When that happens, "enough" is always more than we have right now, and scarcity becomes the lens through which we see the world.

On a personal level, this book opens up issues of scarcity and abundance, idolatry and...

Each week, tens of millions of Christians around the world give offerings during worship services without considering the reasons why God has asked them to give and what purposes He has in mind. Robinson discusses God's plans and purposes behind giving.

Accepting the invitation begins with a few quiet moments each day spent on deepening your relationship with God. From this time of reading and reflection, you will then meet with your Sunday school class or small group and discuss how God is leading you to become more connected with your church family and ultimately how you will work with your congregation to be God's invitation to the world.

Each Week the Sunday sermon will reinforce the concepts in the reading book. This enables the individual reading to become part of a community experience.

Everyone...

Christian stewardship has changed and grown into a much broader and richer vision of grateful response to God for all creation. This book helps us with our attitude to money, lifestyle, and generosity; gives guidance on making a mission statment, coping with change, personal appraisal and action. It is backed by the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland Christian Stewardship Network, the Christian Stewardship Committee of the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England, the Archbishop of the Church in Wales, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the...

At once a "travel guide" and a vision for the future, this series is good news for the Episcopal Church at a time of fast and furious demographic and social change. It analyzes the present plight of the church and sketches a positive way forward, sprouting from the seeds of change--those transformative practices already at work renewing the church. What church models can help point us toward transformation? What are the essential tools? What will give us strength, direction, and purpose to the journey?

Each volume of the series will:

• Explain why a changed vision is...

Travis Moody shares his personal story of how he went from being $100,000 in debt to debt free in just three years and the spiritual truths and biblical lessons he learned along the way.

Intended to help those who may be trapped by their debt situation, "Financial Breakthrough" discusses why we get into debt, how debt affects our lives, what the Bible has to say about debt, specific steps you can take to get out of debt, and wealth-building tips for a life after debt.