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

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

    … I arranged my faith so that it never interferes with the rest of my life? The altar David built was paid for with his own silver. That is the kind of offering God was pleased to receive. For Business Leaders: …

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

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

    … God's design. A community that actually practiced release, restraint, and open-handed generosity would structurally close the gap. Need would not entrench. The second describes human reality. Because hearts …

  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

    … not ask the nobles to do better from now on. He asked for restitution, and he asked for it immediately. "Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest you …

  4. 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

    … is spoken for before it arrives. Decisions about work, rest and generosity are made by the payment schedule instead of by God's calling. The first lesson is to see debt clearly without hating yourself for it. …

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

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

    … at an amount you decide in prayer, and then build the rest of the budget around it. For Community Leaders: Look for the Widow at the Gate God's provision for Elijah came through the most vulnerable person in …

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

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

    … three in the morning mopping and moving inventory so the restaurant could open the next day. He did not put the hours on his time sheet, because Mr. Bellini had said overtime was not in the budget. He wrote …

  7. 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

    … Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:11, NIV) Every financial plan rests on something. Our income. Our savings. Our skill. Our connections. All of it can shift. Only one foundation holds when everything else gives way. …

  8. 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

    … fast as income does. Proverbs calls that gulping. Often it rests on a quiet assumption that tomorrow will take care of itself, and another proverb answers that directly. "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do …

  9. 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

    … meaningful part of it away, and thank God by name for the rest. A Copy of the Law on the King's Desk Deuteronomy 17 did not only give the king limits. It gave him a daily habit. "When he takes the throne of his …

  10. 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

    … as an offering for the sanctuary.' And so the people were restrained from bringing more," (Exodus 36:6, NIV). The reason follows. "because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work." (Exodus …

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

    The Bronze David Never Used: 2 Samuel 8 and 9

    … you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." (2 Samuel 9:7, NIV) Mephibosheth could barely …