Teaching by Tag: Stewardship
My Heart and My Wallet: A Theology of Giving
God calls His people to give faithfully and generously as an investment in eternity. Have you invited Jesus to be Lord of your wallet?
Watch / ListenMy Heart and My Wallet: A Theology of Wealth
Believers are called to apply gospel principles to our hearts and our wallets. We must realize that all we have belongs to the Lord, we must know that wealth does not satisfy, we must embrace contentment, and we must guard against security becoming an idol.
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Numbering Our Days
Time is a record of history. We can’t slow time, control it, or stop it, but we can apply time, “that we may gain a heart of wisdom” and glorify God.
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Celebrating Generosity
It’s never natural to give away what you’ve worked for, but God doesn’t ask us to do what comes naturally. Don’t let greed and fear hold generosity hostage.
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The Next Generation Church: Loves Locally
As we continue our series on The Next Generation Church, Pastor Mike looks at the aspect of loving locally. Loving locally as a church is a direct expression of the generosity of the people of God.
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Under the Sun, Part 3
As we continue to see the contradictory nature of Ecclesiastes and life “under the sun,” we see that riches are also a vain chasing after the wind. The desire to have something is always greater than the satisfaction of actually having it. Our insatiable desire to be satisfied is constantly thwarted by our inability to be satisfied.
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The Almighty Dollar and The Almighty God, Part 4
Contentment is not having everything we want, but coming to a place where we desire nothing. There’s a reason hearses aren’t followed by U-Hauls. We’ve heard the phrase “money talks,” and that’s true: money does talk – it says, “Goodbye!”
Watch / ListenThe Almighty Dollar and The Almighty God, Part 3
Executive Pastor Ed Nalle continues our series on money, generosity and financial stewardship. The single greatest obstacle to living the Christian life is the failure to connect the Gospel of Jesus Christ to how we live our daily lives. The Gospel should drive everything we do with our time, talents, and treasure, all of which are from and for God.
Watch / ListenThe Almighty Dollar and The Almighty God, Part 2
Pastor Mike continues our teaching series on money, generosity and financial stewardship. Generosity will always flow from a heart set free by the Gospel – a heart that is free in Christ will be a thankful heart.
Watch / ListenThe Almighty Dollar and The Almighty God, Part 1
Pastor Mike begins a teaching series on money, generosity and financial stewardship. The very thing we should trust in the least has written on it the very Person we should trust in the most. Easy to say, but do we really believe that?
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Making Molehills Out of Mountains, Part 1
Moral purity and generosity represent two major biblical “mountain ranges” – huge teachings that span the width of Scripture – have become reduced to nothing more than molehills in the eyes of the world around us. Compromise only leads to more compromise in either of these areas.
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