The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.
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Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others.
Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.
It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.
Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.
If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's a kind of joy.
My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give.
In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.
I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.
God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.
For it is in giving that we receive.
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