It happened again yesterday. I was having supper with a field missionary (J) who was lamenting his poor funding. 

In my early ministry I struggled with “asking for money.” My conscience plagued me: If I truly trusted God, I would not need to lower myself to ask. Plus, I did not relish the idea of people saying “NO!”

A young gospel-worker said tearfully, “God called me to ministry—not to fundraising!” His first weeks of fundraising had gone well with many people saying yes—some before they were asked. But then it slowed down.

A ministry leader was exasperated with fundraising and said humbly (but sadly), “I guess we will have to do more with less.” A friend, Lauren Libby, President of Transworld Radio, heard the comment and said, “How about doing more with more?”

In the male-dominated Jewish culture, what caused these women to show up at a post-resurrection prayer meeting with Jesus’ male disciples? Who were they? We find them a few days earlier at Jesus’ crucifixion.

Jesus spoke about tithing, but only twice. Does He teach tithing as the standard? Let’s look at the two passages.

Nowhere does Jesus condemn the rich for being rich. Nor does Paul. The problem is wanting to be rich. Not possessing wealth, but longing for it leads to trouble—big trouble—as we shall see.

Three things must be said about this passage. (1 Timothy 6:9-10)

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