When considering this month’s focus on the 8th Commandment – “You Shall Not Steal” – I ran across Chip Ingram’s The Genius of Generosity in Half-Price Books. I liked Chip’s Good to Great in God’s Eyes and figured this was a good antonym to stealing and taking—a focus on giving…
Yesterday, as I was taking Tanner (our 11 year-old) to his football practice, the scrolling sign at a nearby church showed Galatians 5:22 and included the word “generosity” among the fruit of the spirit. The translations I have used never included generosity in the list, but you can see here where others do.
Most people want to be financially savvy. Some say to be smart, you must spend carefully. Others say to be wise, you must save regularly. But as the title of this book reads, to be genius, you must give generously.
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