A Generous Community

Follow Along with the Message

The author of the book The Economics of Radical Generosity said, “Rather than systematically prescribing the distribution of wealth in such a way as to ensure flat equality, the young church accepted the reality of economic disequilibrium but practiced a radical generosity whereby goods properly existed for the benefit of the whole, not the individual.”

A church that is living in step with God’s Spirit and in unity with one another is a beautiful sight. The world cannot help but see this young church’s generosity and be attracted to that.

We mirror the young church as a generous community when we?

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Gregory Baumer writes in his book God and money, “Stewardship is typically thought of as a personal responsibility. At the same time, there is great power in doing things in groups.”

Jesus asks us and the young church to model the need, to go above and beyond sharing things that are extra. We are to be a generous community.

Giving to what God is doing is considered by Paul to be an act of thanksgiving and one that brings about a reward.

Harold Mare wrote, “Giving should result from inward resolve, not from impulsive or casual decision.”