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Simple Living for Just Giving is a blog that seeks to support a movement of Christians for whom the use of money is a deeply spiritual issue. We are part of a far-flung faith community committed to impact the world around us through our day-to-day financial decisions. As followers of Jesus, we want our spending, saving, investing and giving to be profoundly shaped by a faithful biblical vision.

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 7M ago

Wayne Grudem’s Misuse of Scripture in “Politics According to the Bible”

I’m reading Wayne Grudem’s recent book, Politics According to the Bible (Zondervan, 2010). A conservative, Grudem is responding to books from the left like Jim Wallis’ God’s Politics. In my opinion, he makes some good points and some not so good points. Since this blog focuses on money, simplicity,

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 8M ago

The Growth of Microloans

Check out this animated map showing how Kiva loans have spread throughout the world over the last few years. Beware of the overture.

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 10M ago

A Poem for Perspective on Wealth and Poverty

I recently rediscovered this poem, and it inspires me to keep looking to Jesus to help me give to the poor, as well as to work towards justice. It was written by a working-class Chilean woman in 1973, shortly after Chile’s president, Salvador Allende, was overthrown. A U.S. missionary translated the

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 11M ago

The Coming Collapse of Middle Class Giving

I just watched a youtube video of Elizabeth Warren’s 2008 lecture “The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class.” It was very clear and helpful. I’m going to distill it, and add a few thoughts of my own. I hope that you will chime in on a subject we haven’t explored yet: the intersection between promotin

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 11M ago

How to Get Started in Giving

A friend recently asked me how he and his wife could find a good charity to start funding. It’s a good question and not one that’s easily answered. Maybe it’s helpful to think of starting a giving program like starting an exercise program. Both of them: help you feel better about yourself require

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 1Y ago

Resources for leading your own group

We think it’s really helpful to introduce people to simple living for just giving through a limited-time small group experience. These groups get together to confront the Bible’s teaching on money, to experiment with concrete lifestyle adjustments, and to decide collectively where to invest the grou

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 1Y ago

What if Jesus were your financial advisor?

What if Jesus were your financial advisor? What if the Son of God and His disciples were in charge of all your saving, spending, investing, and giving? At first glance, the idea seems a bit silly, perhaps even disrespectful. Jesus came to die for our sins, not dispense advice on mutual funds, rig

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 1Y ago

Abstinence and Abundance

One month ago it was Lent. I was coming to the end of my commitment to drink only tap water for forty days. Now it is Eastertide, a time of rejoicing in the hope of the resurrection. And as part of the celebration, I can drink anything I want. Orange juice, cranberry juice, two-buck Chuck, [...]

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 1Y ago

Where Face Paint and Foreign Aid Meet: Fusing Fun with Purpose

When God calls us to “open wide” our hands to the poor (Deuteronomy 15) and pour ourselves out for the hungry (Isaiah 58), He leaves the specifics up to us. We can give to aid organizations or donate canned goods to the food pantry, for example, or volunteer at the soup kitchen. We can even [...]

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Simple Living for Just Giving · 1Y ago

Stereotypes

A few weekends ago, June and I hosted a smallgroup. One of the guys who came was in his early 40′s, a bit quiet, college-educated, lived in Boston, clean-shaven, wearing a sweatshirt and jeans and wire-rimmed glasses, an immigrant with accented English. With the exception of being an immigrant, th

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