Imagine for a moment…what it would look like if everyone in your church tithed? What would you do with a budget four times as large as you have now? It is possible to have a fully resourced church to do all that God has called you to do! Find out how with my revised & updated book, Maximize: How to Develop Extravagant Givers in Your Church. … Read More
Free Book for Pastors on Growing Givers in Your Church
Have some big news today… I can’t believe it — we found a half case of my ultimate how-to book on growing givers, Maximize. Newly revised & updated. These books won’t do any good for the Kingdom in storage so here’s the plan…since we didn’t have to pay for these (at least not recently), you don’t either! I’d like to get you … Read More
Memorial Day Closeout Sale – Seminars, Sermons and More
Hope you’re ramping up for a great holiday weekend of powerful worship services and of course great times with friends and family. But before you fire up the grill, load up on our buffet of savings during our biggest sale of the year… BIG MEMORIAL DAY SALE – AS LOW AS 25! Choose from 45 Resources – on Sale Thru the Holiday Weekend … Read More
Maximize Your Church by Maximizing Your Systems
We all use systems to help us accomplish our objectives every day. Think about the system you have for getting dressed in the morning. You don’t put on your deodorant until you get out of the shower. You drink your coffee before you brush your teeth. Right? There’s a system to the way you prepare yourself for the day that … Read More
The Five Stones of Financial Peace
You honor God with your finances through giving–through excelling at each giving stage and learning to live an open-handed life. As you make your climb up the generosity ladder, five big stones need to be in place in your financial life. These stones will give you solidarity and grounding as you move through the stages–or up the rungs–toward a life … Read More
The Inclination to Give
An inclination to give is written on your soul, no matter how muted it may be by your present concerns or lack of belief. Sometimes it takes a traumatic experience to bring that God-given pull toward generosity to the surface. Horror novelist Stephen King is not usually associated with sharing timeless biblical principles. But in a commencement speech delivered to … Read More
The Importance of Recognizing the Source of Your Income
Giving is not something that comes naturally for us. We like to have complete control over our resources. After all, they are ours. We are the ones who got up and went to work for them. They sit in our bank account. We have a right to hold on to them as tightly as we’ like and to do with … Read More
Your Relationship with Money: Generosity or Greed?
Life is too short and too important to live with the constant stress, anxiety, and worry that come from not honoring God with your finances. We will spend a lot more time in eternity than we will in this life. Consider Jesus’s words in Matthew 6:19-21: “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, … Read More
Saving for Eternity: Where is Your Money Going?
Understanding God’s ultimate ownership means that we also recognize our role as conduits of his resources. We were not put on this earth to amass treasures for ourselves but to let treasure pass through us and back to a greater purpose. The “get all we can while we can” mind-set that most of us live with is what has driven … Read More
The Five Stones of Financial Peace
You honor God with your finances through giving–through excelling at each giving stage and learning to live an open-handed life. As you make your climb up the generosity ladder, five big stones need to be in place in your financial life. These stones will give you solidarity and grounding as you move through the stages–or up the rungs–toward a life … Read More