Tag Archives: money
The Silliness of Hiding from God
A few months ago, I started something new in my family: budgeting. I know, the dreaded “B” word, one that I tried for so long to avoid. Assigning every dollar a job and keeping track of every dollar spent has been … Continue reading
Posted in Life Application
Tagged Adam, Christian, fellowship, Genesis, Genesis 3, hypocrisy, love, Matthew, Matthew 23, Matthew 9, mercy, money, pharisees, repent, repentance, righteous, shame, sin, sinner
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Blending in with the culture
In the previous articles in this series we talked about why we do not view where we live with the same focus and intensity as we do when we go to other countries for missions because we spend all of … Continue reading
Posted in Dealing with Sin
Tagged American Dream, American Idol, android, Christ, Church, Gospel, idol, ipad, Luke, Luke 11, Mission Field, Missions, money, pastor, Philippians, Philippians 3, philosophy, shame, Simon Cowell, sin, sinner, witness
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The Problem with Getting too Comfortable
In the previous article we discussed how we do not need to go to other countries to do missions, but that our mission field is right here, where we live and work and spend our day to day life. But … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Putting God First
Tagged 1 peter, 1 Peter 2, 2 Corinthians, 2 corinthians 5, entertainment, Mission Field, Missions, money, Philippians, Philippians 3, travel, treasure, u s navy
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Help us buy a camel
November is here, which means it is time to start breaking out the snow makers and make some snow angels in Los Angeles. Or, more accurately it is time to start spending lots of money on all of those family … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Evangelism, Outreach
Tagged angels, christmas, Gospel, Matthew, Matthew 25, money, outreach, world of warcraft
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Living Rich with God’s money
In my previous article I addressed some questions that come up when talking about money and saving and what God has shown me about each question. In this article I will briefly explain how I am being led with my … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Personal, Putting God First
Tagged 1 Corinthians, dave ramsey, entertainment, faith, Finances, greed, Luke, Luke 12, money, obedience, steward, treasure, tv
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Living Rich, is it a sin to have money?
We have mentioned in many posts recently what God says about the rich. Mainly that it is impossible for the rich to get into heaven, and yet every one of us in the United States and the western world in … Continue reading
Posted in Finances
Tagged America, disciples, Finances, Luke, Luke 1, Luke 18, Luke 19, money, possessions, prayer, rich man, sacrifice, sin, Theophilus, united states, Zacchaeus
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The link between wealth and salvation
Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.” And Jesus said to him, … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Putting God First
Tagged abraham, disciple, Ephesians, Ephesians 2, Finances, James, James 1, James 2, kingdom of god, Luke, Luke 14, Luke 18, Luke 19, Matthew, Matthew 13, money, possessions, rich man, treasure, zaccheus
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Removing my idols
The Lancer Evolution VIII is an absolute beautiful and powerful machine. This is the car I have wanted for a long time for a lot of useful reasons as well as a lot of personal fun reasons (I wanted to … Continue reading
Did God call you to that life of comfort?
I just read a really interesting article on The Traveling Team website. The basics of the article stated that there is no difference in the call of God to do missionary work or to stay and live a life of … Continue reading
Posted in Life Application
Tagged America, american christianity, blessing, Christian, command, Job, Luke, Luke 9, Mission Field, money, promise, shepherd
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The Sharp Bite
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Making Disciples Blog. Sorry I have not written lately, but I have been kept busy, and tired by life. Work has been making me so tired lately that I sometimes will … Continue reading
