Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.
From John Ortberg
Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush.
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your church and in yourself.
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.
As a preacher, my charge is to proclaim the message of the Scriptures. To help the people in my congregation become a people of the book. I love getting to do this.
People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible.
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