Giving to God: The Bible's Good News about Living a Generous Life

Our adult Sunday school class is using this book.

My congregation studied this book. Mr. Powell is good at inviting theological reflection and insight into the meaning of giving, and an engaging writer. This is undermined by the chapter in which he encourages people to figure their "share" of a congregational budget, partly based on his mental algebra of what a responsible share would be. Most congregations I know do not budget as they would if generosity was the norm, because many attenders are not proportional givers. And many congregations would go out of business if generous givers who embrace generosity, and/or the tithe as a marker of generosity, adopted Mr. Powell's approach, and cut back their gifts of 7, 9, 12% of their income by adopting his fair share of the whole concept of doing one's part, and then perhaps more, not generosity. Many people use comparative justification to fail to discover generosity, and so hold us all back from helping our country to flourish through intelligent creative giving. The "share" is a poor heuristic anchor for generosity, which is why the parable of the talents doesn't endorse it.

Completely satisfied. No complaints. Used the book for personal reading

I've never read a stewardship book that was very exciting reading, and this one is no exception. For those seeking guidance in personal stewardship, however,and surely for church leaders seeking a congregational study book to stimulate giving, this book offers sound, non-legalistic, and simple to comprehend advice. I wouldn't recommend this book (nor any other) as the absolute definitive answer on all stewardship questions. Yet its ideas are fresh and will stimulate the reader's own thoughts and commitments to giving to God.

This book does an excellent job of exploring the foundation of giving in the modern church. It shows that there are strong biblical and historical roots to the sacrificial nature of giving, emphasizing the need to give of the first fruits of our harvest. It shows that there are strong biblical and historical roots for giving to those in need. It emphasizes the benefit to the one who gives as well as to the one who receives.

This is an excellent book that gives the Good News of Christian Stewardship. There are ideas of other persons at the end of the chapter. There are also questions in the book and as a group that can be discussed on their views of Christian Stewardship, The learning on Christrian Stewardship will take you to a higher learning of what is expected in the walk of Christian Stewardwhip.. Thank you

Giving to God by Mark Allen Powell is an easy read on the subject of stewardship. It is written from a Lutheran perspective, but is Biblical based with scriptures to support the authors point of view. He presents some interesting concepts, some old some new,and thought provoking. The author's writing style is easy to read and the layout of the information is well organized. This is a must read for anyone interested in stewardship regardless of demonination.

I really enjoyed reading this book. The very unique but biblical position that the author takes on giving is totally refreshing. So many books just want to press on with tithing or guilt trip stewardship, but this refreshing look at the whole concept made me want to give even more - not just money but time. We all need to consider that everything we have is a gift from God and how we use all of these gifts (not just 10%) is important.

YOUY CAN RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ANYONE YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP; VERY WELL LAID OUT TRUTH!!!