Read: I Timothy 5:8  | A notorious miser was visited by the chairman of the community fundraiser. “Sir,” said the fundraiser, “our records show that despite your wealth, you’ve never once given to our drive.” “Do your records show that I have an elderly mother who was left penniless when my father died?” fumed the […]

Read: 2 Corinthians 9:7  | A mother wanted to teach her daughter a spiritual lesson. She gave the little girl a quarter and a dollar for church. “Put whichever one you want in the collection plate and keep the other for yourself,” she told the girl. When they were coming out of church, the mother […]

Read: 2 Corinthians 8:3-5  | In the latter part of the 17th century, German preacher August H. Francke founded an orphanage to care for the homeless children of Halle. One day when Francke desperately needed funds to carry on his work, a destitute Christian widow came to his door begging for a ducat – a […]

Read: Mark 12:41-44  | Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a German musical family in 1685. However, when he was ten years old both of his parents passed away within 8 months of each other. In spite of the dire financial status of losing two providers, the young believer faced his challenging circumstances head on. […]

Read: I Timothy 6:6-11  | Charles Spurgeon, a well-known British Baptist preacher in the late 1800’s, was the pastor of the largest Baptist Church in London and grew in fame. Along with the fame came criticism and assumptions. According to a story in the Chaplain magazine, Spurgeon and his wife would sell, but refused to […]