Stewardship Minute 10/20/19

Whole-Life Stewardship
The traditional trio of tithing time, talents and treasure was unbiblical and counterproductive if it implied that after giving 10 percent to the Lord, the faithful were free to do what they wanted with the remaining 90 percent.
 
Stewardship is an all-encompassing word, not subject to our usual limitation to what is placed in the offering basket on Sundays. Andrew Lincoln contends in his Commentary on the Gospel of John that the fourth Gospel was written as a mission-training manual. It begins with the Father sending the Son into the world as His agent to live among us so that we see our salvation. The Gospel ends with Jesus telling His followers, “As the father has sent me, even so send I you. “These three words about God’s mission – servant, apostle and steward – are a full-time responsibility for the people of God. And for each of us, that means the call (vocations) God has given us in home, church and society.