Stewardship Resources
Below are resources that will help you learn more about and grow in the vital area of biblical giving.
Financial Peace University:
If you would like to "get on the road" to financial peace in your life, First Pres offers the Dave Ramsey's practical and life-changing course, Financial Peace University.
FPU is a 13-week class, featuring a Dave Ramsey lesson on DVD and followed by small group discussion. Cost is $90 for all materials and lifetime FPU membership.
Call 719.884.6144 for more information on how you can be part of this 13-session course.
Web sites:
Suggested Books:
Debt-Proof Living by Mary Hunt
The Complete Tightwad by Amy Dacyczyn
Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey
Debt-Proof Your Marriage by Mary Hunt
Cents and Sensibility by Bethany and Scott Palmer
The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
Fields of Gold by Andy Stanley
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What is the secret to financial freedom?
- How can I avoid being anxious about money?
- How can I be content?
- Why not keep striving for more?
- How can I determine how much is enough?
- If I have more money than I need, what should I do with the excess?
- What is the tithe?
- Where did the idea of a Christian tithe come from?
- Does the tithe apply to us today, or was it just for Old Testament Israel?
- Isn’t tithing a form of legalism—which Jesus and Paul condemned?
- Does God expect more than a tithe from me?
- Should I tithe from my take-home pay or my gross income?
- Should I tithe from my income or my net worth?
- Can a portion of my tithe go to secular charities?
- Can a portion of my tithe go to other Christian ministries?
- Can a portion of my tithe go directly to a needy family?
- I currently do not attend church; where should my tithe go?
- I recently received an inheritance from a relative. Is it OK to divide the tithe from this inheritance among several churches that he loved?
- Can my kids’ Christian school tuition count toward my tithe?
- What happened to the Old Testament idea of a “tithe meal”?
- Should I catch up on paying back-tithes? If so, how far back should I go?
- Are there non-financial types of stewardship, and do they relate to giving?
- Are we responsible for stewardship of the environment?
- Are there spiritual benefits to environmental stewardship
- Will God bless me with wealth if I am a good Christian?
- Should I ask God to make me prosperous like Jabez?
- Why should we give?
- What is a generous giver?
- How much does it take to count as generous?
- Is it realistic for anyone to sell all his possessions and give all his money to the poor?
- Isn’t the Christian free to give whatever he chooses, even not at all?
- Should I scale down my lifestyle in order to increase my giving?
- To whom should I give?
- What is sacrificial giving, and why is it important?
- How can wealthy people give sacrificially?
- How do I give out of love and not just out of habit?
- Does my level of giving determine my salvation?
- Must I always give in secret?
- What is the difference between frugality and generosity?
- Are there gifts that please God?
- Are there gifts that displease God?
- Must I always give whatever is asked of me?
- If I do not have the spiritual gift of giving, does God still expect me to give?
- How can I tell if I have the spiritual gift of giving?
- Why doesn’t God always give me what I ask?
- Does prosperity lead to generosity?
- Does generosity result in poverty?
- Aren’t taxes enough? Do I also have to give to church or charity?
- If my motives are wrong, should I stop giving?
- What are some wrong motives for giving?
- Is it OK for me to expect special treatment from a ministry in proportion to the size of my donations?
- Is it OK for Christians to accept gifts from non-Christians?
- How does First Presbyterian decide how to use our tithes and offerings?
- Sometimes there are special offerings at First Pres. What is the Deacon’s Offering?
- What is One Great Hour of Sharing?
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