various texts Most times when a pastor preaches on financial stewardship, he or she gives some rules to follow. Many will tell you to give 10% of your gross income. 10% of your income is the baseline and giving begins after that. I too want to give you a rule to follow this morning. If…
Luke 16:1-15 Three pastors met during the week and the conversation turned to the Sunday offering and how they used the money that was collected. The Baptist pastor said, “I draw a small circle in the middle of the room and throw the offering up in the air. Everything that lands outside of the circle…
Isaiah 55:1-3 In February 1999 when I sold my company, all of a sudden I had more money than I had ever expected to have. What was I supposed to do with this sudden wealth? I remember waking up the first morning after the sale of the company and the wonderful feeling of freedom I…
Zechariah 10 & 11 This morning we begin our annual celebration of the birth of Jesus and our anticipation that he will soon return as he promised. Who were the first to hear about the birth of Jesus? The archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary and to Joseph about the coming birth of Jesus. Mary gave…
Zechariah 9 We began this sermon series with a vision that Zechariah had one night when he was a young priest in Jerusalem, in the early years of his return with the other exiles from Babylon. That took us through chapters one to six. Then Cory and Elliot preached from sermons Zechariah preached two years…