Why We Need to Stop Telling People They’re Commanded to Give

I’ve heard it countless times, after a man tells the church the collection is, “separate and apart” from the Lord’s Supper, he tells them we are “commanded to give back on the first day of the week.” A lot of people have been given the impression that they have to put something in the collection plate each week, so they give because they feel they must give. This is a real problem the church needs to address.

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

In 2 Corinthians 9, Paul is writing to remind the church that they had promised...