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

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

    … worked twenty years for a boss who changed his wages ten times. Genesis 30 and 31 show what honest labor looks like under an unfair employer, how God sees the toil no one else credits, and why even a wronged …

  2. 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

    … your days. That is why debt is a stewardship issue for time as well as money. Every payment is made with hours of your life. When you borrow, you are spending future hours you have not lived yet, and you are …

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

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

    … out of scarcity and trusts God for enough, one day at a time.

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

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

    … "May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?" (2 Samuel 24:3, NIV). Joab's point was …

  5. 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

    … the want become a need, and the need become a plan. By the time his hand reached for the silver, the decision had already been made in his heart. Then came the word that gives the whole story away. He hid it. …

  6. 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

    … 32:3, NIV). He made it into a golden calf. So by the time Moses asked for an offering for the tabernacle, the people had already shown how quickly they would give. The question was not whether they were …

  7. 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

    … He enjoys them, cares for them, and lets them go when the time comes. David's honesty about his own mortality did not dampen his generosity. It fueled it. He gave like a man who knew his time was short and his …

  8. 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

    … to Hear Some debts arrive quietly, one statement at a time. Others arrive with a name and a date. For the woman in 2 Kings 4, the debt had a face. Her husband had died, the bills he left had come due, and the …

  9. 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

    … your business against Psalm 112:5. Are we paying people on time, or using their money to float our own? Would I be comfortable if every customer saw how we set this price? Is there a deal I am winning by …

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

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

    … able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8, NIV). Sufficiency in all things at all times. Not surplus. Not …

  11. 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

    … you." (Psalm 119:11, NIV). Your Obedience Step Choose a time each day this week to read a short passage of Scripture with your household, even five minutes at breakfast or bedtime. Keep a Bible where everyone …

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

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

    … and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time." (Genesis 13:7, NIV). Why mention the Canaanites and Perizzites? Because they were watching. Abram and Lot were outsiders in a land full of established …

  13. 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

    … told Israel how to treat a brother who fell on hard times, and this was not it. The chapter shows us three things at once: the sin of leaders who profit from their people's weakness, the courage of a leader who …

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

    The Bronze David Never Used: 2 Samuel 8 and 9

    … tell me when I'm wrong." Eli stared at the envelope a long time. "Why would you bother with somebody like me?" Walt thought about the question for a minute. "Because your dad asked me to," he said. "And because …