The Sincerity Test

If you have read this blog much then you know that Mary and I are involved with Crown Financial Ministries. Crown is a 10 week small group Bible study that teaches Biblical financial principals. One of the 10 weeks covers the subject of giving.

Today Vince Antonucci posted a blog entry about giving that I think is worth reading. In this post he offers an observation that I have missed over the 10+ years of leading Crown.

"we're challenged to excel at giving. Not just to give, or even give generously, but to excel at giving generously, to be great at it."

He goes on to say that

"And the scary part, for those of us who don't excel at giving, is that we're taught that this is the test of whether our love for God and others is sincere"

Now, I firmly believe that you should start by giving generously to your local church, but you should not stop there. If you have a problem with giving to 'religion' then you should start giving generously to something or someone in need (and you should work to find a church that you can give generously to).

Does your bank statement show that you excel at giving (1 Timothy 6:18-19)?

Read Vince's Blog Post Here

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