How could Jesus commend the Shrewd Manager? Perhaps you’ve noticed there are some difficult passages in the Bible. I’ll be honest, the parable of the shrewd manager is one which irritated me for years. If you are not familiar with it, Jesus tells the story of a business owner who discovers that he has a dishonest […]
Giving
The Parable of the Talents
The Bible provides more than 2,000 verses on finances and generosity. Interestingly enough Jesus did not ignore matters of money or wealth. He preached about money, finances, and wealth more than any other topic. Jesus constantly compared money and wealth to the kingdom or preached of its relationship to the kingdom. In half of Jesus’ […]
The Good Samaritan
The term “good samaritan” has become a common metaphor for a charitable person who helps the needy or rescues a stranger. But few people know the history of the first good samaritan. “The Way of Blood,” is a stretch of the 17 mile road from Jericho to Jerusalem which was infamous because so many people were robbed […]
The Testimony of Your Money
When you give, your money becomes a witness before God in the courts of heaven on your behalf. And, God renders verdicts (answers prayers) based on testimony. The testimony of your money must be a witness for you not against you. Hebrews 7:8 “Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. Here mortal […]
Our Responsibility
Deuteronomy 8:18 reveals that there is an action required on our part in order to be entrusted with greater wealth. It goes back to the “seek and you shall find” principle. You have to seek to find it. Great wealth doesn’t just fall from the sky and land in our laps as we sit and […]
Agents of Change
Miracles are great but they are not the best that the Lord has for us. Receiving a miracle of healing is great when you need bypass surgery except that without a lifestyle change you will soon need another miracle. Similarly, a financial miracle is great when you are desperate for provision but without a lifestyle change you […]
Teach a Girl to Hunt
My Grandfather was a highliner off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Despite his success as a fisherman bringing in some of the biggest hauls of fish, his son took to big game hunting as a young man for subsistence living and it became one of his life-long passions. And, so it was that […]