“Any reading of God’s Word with a performance-based, do-to-be-tree mentality instantly veils our spiritual sight. . . . While we diligently, fearfully try to keep the law, we miss the greater thins that Jesus wants us to see.”- Alan Wright “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, […]
“The goal is to grow in the grace of giving. Grace is the genesis of generosity! Or you can flip that coin: generosity is the revelation of grace. Either way, grace is the game-changer! If the tithe causes your blood pressure to go up, you’re thinking about it the wrong way!”- Mark Batterson (emphasis author’s) […]
Mark Batterson begins Chapter 15 (“Count the Fish”) of The Grave Robber by discussing something he calls “The Giving Game”. Mark and his wife Lori have an ultimate goal to reverse tithe- to live off 10 percent and give 90 percent back to God. To achieve this goal, they give God a greater percentage of […]