“Take My Intellect…”
‘Post Truth’, newly defined by Oxford Dictionaries as an adjective, “Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. Tell me the sky is blue, or the earth is round, but if I don’t feel it to be true, you might…
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22 November 2016 | St Albans [David Neal, Stewardship director] Impossible – because it’s not my church, It’s His church! I’m watching the first episode of the ‘Tell the World’ film with my family. As my adult children ask questions about the background of Himes, Edson & Bates, I find myself moved by the story…
Read MoreTake my Taxes and my Tithe
6 October 2016 | St Albans [David Neal, Stewardship director] First Things 1st is the monthly blog of the newly formed Stewardship Ministries Department of the Trans-European Division. The purpose is to restore and strengthen the principles of biblical stewardship, leading to a strong, mature and joyful faith in Christ for those we serve.
Read More“Faithful stewardship is not a merely optional Christian grace.”
8 September 2016 | St Albans, UK [David Neal] “Faithful stewardship is not a merely optional Christian grace.” (Marguerite Shuster) As I read those words in the July edition of Ministry Magazine, the light went on. Every word Marguerite Shuster uses in that one brief line, sums up for me what the Trans-European Division is seeking…
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