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  1. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 17, 2026 · 15 min read

    You Will Become What You Fear: Psalm 112 and the Fear of the Lord in Your Money

    … compassionate, and generous like Him. Fear losing money, and you become like money. Cold. Closed. Unable to see the person standing in front of you. This is why the fear of the Lord is not a feeling we keep in …

  2. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 14 min read

    Silver as Common as Stones: 1 Kings 10 and 11 on Wealth and the Slow Drift of the Heart

    … every one of them, slowly, in plain sight, while the money poured in. Here is how to keep wealth from turning your heart.

  3. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 31, 2026 · 14 min read

    Selling Your Own People: Nehemiah 5 and the Leader Who Refused to Profit From Debt

    … 5 is one of the most practical chapters in the Bible about money and power. Famine had come. Taxes were due. Ordinary families were borrowing to eat, then borrowing to pay the king, then losing their land and …

  4. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 14 min read

    The Silver Under the Tent: Joshua 7 on Hidden Wealth and the Trouble It Brings

    … 7:1, NIV). Notice two things. First, the sin is about money and possessions: silver, gold and a fine robe. Second, one man took them, but the verse says the Israelites were unfaithful. From heaven's point of …

  5. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Nov 1, 2026 · 14 min read

    Know the Condition of Your Flocks: Proverbs 21, 22 and 27 on Margin, Debt and Paying Attention

    … The book of Proverbs does not give a full chapter on money. It scatters its counsel across hundreds of short sayings, the way a farmer might jot notes in the margins of a ledger over a lifetime. Three of those …

  6. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 min read

    Don't Ask for Just a Few: 2 Kings 4 and the Widow's Oil on Debt, Help and Provision

    … it did not abolish it. So this widow was facing more than money trouble. She was about to lose her family to a balance sheet. She did what many of us are slow to do. She told someone. She went to Elisha, the …

  7. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 28, 2026 · 12 min read

    More Than Enough: Exodus 36 and the Leader Who Told the People to Stop Giving

    … Announcement in the Camp Every leader who has ever raised money for anything knows how the story usually goes. The need is large. The goal feels out of reach. The appeals get louder. Somewhere near the end, a …

  8. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 min read

    Only What Comes From Your Hand: 1 Chronicles 29 and the Leader Who Gives It All Back

    … (1 Chronicles 29:5, NIV). He did not ask who would give money. He asked who would consecrate themselves to the Lord. The gold was the outward sign of an inward decision. The leaders answered first. "Then the …

  9. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 27, 2026 · 12 min read

    The Well-Watered Plain: Genesis 13 and the Leader Who Lets Others Choose First

    … conflict as something that comes from scarcity. Not enough money, not enough room, not enough opportunity to go around. But Genesis 13 tells the story of a conflict caused by abundance. Abram had come back from …

  10. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 29, 2026 · 13 min read

    Fifty Shekels of Silver: 2 Samuel 24 and the Offering That Costs Something

    … the Story The last scene of 2 Samuel is a story about money, but it begins with a story about numbers. David's crisis started when he decided to count his fighting men. It ended when he insisted on paying for …

  11. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 min read

    A Handful of Flour: 1 Kings 17 and the Faith to Give First

    … trusting God from what they see us do with the last of the money than from anything we say about it. When money is tight at home, include your children, in age-appropriate ways, in the decision to give. Let …

  12. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 27, 2026 · 13 min read

    Ten Times Changed: Genesis 30 and 31 on Honest Work Under an Unfair Boss

    … He was inviting inspection. This is how a steward handles money and work that belong to someone else. He keeps things in a way that can be checked. His records are open. His expense reports are accurate. His …

  13. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Oct 17, 2026 · 11 min read

    The Bronze David Never Used: 2 Samuel 8 and 9

    … co-signed it. Danny worked at the lumberyard and had less money than Walt did, but he had a clean record, and he put his name on the line. The day they signed, Danny laughed and said, "If anything ever happens …

  14. Article · Stewardship of Resources · Jun 12, 2026 · 14 min read

    The Open Hand Economy: Deuteronomy 15 and the Leader Who Always Has Enough

    … last movement applies the same logic to people, not just money. When a servant is released, "do not send them away empty-handed. Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress" …