The Bible teaches that God is the creator of all things. This has two radical implications for how we live. First, it means that God is generous. Not only did he create a beautiful universe, he generously shares his creation with all humanity. Jesus said that God makes the sun to shine and rain to fall on the just as well as the unjust. Elsewhere scripture says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Second, because God is the creator, everything belongs to him. Therefore, we have been given the task of managing, or stewarding, everything in our possession. We control our material wealth in the same way a hedge fund manager controls the assets he or she has been given. As soon as we begin to use our possessions any way we want, we are defrauding our creator. So we must ask how God wants us to manage his money.
(1 of 5 from City Church, Philadelphia PA)
In January Christ Community’s financial stewardship includes but is not limited to these numbers:
10 The number of contributors through our website
$49,500 year to date expenses
$50,500 year to date giving
Thank you to each one of you seeking to steward your resources. –Rob
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
So long as some Christians have called themselves Calvinists, other Christians have probably alleged that Calvinists care little about evangelism, missions, and church planting. The critique isn’t new. But only recently have we learned the extent of the zeal and effectiveness of the early reformers in evangelism, missions, and church planting.
John Calvin, Missionary and Church Planter article
According to author and Covenant Theological Seminary professor C. John Collins, “We need a real Adam and Eve if we are to make sense of the Bible and of life.” In his recent book, Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who They Were and Why You Should Care, Collins sees the Adam and Eve narrative as the “worldview story” of the people of God. He illustrates how that story presupposes a real first couple, and how modern life brings us to the same conclusion. This isn’t just the tale of two people, Collins says; it is fundamentally the story that explains who we are, how we got this way, and what hope we have for any relief. ByFaith Editor Richard Doster asked Collins why the truth about Adam and Eve is so important.
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