1.0Paul Stanleyhttp://www.paulstanley.org/blogPaul Stanleyhttp://www.paulstanley.org/blog/author/paul-stanley/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mqefNMZnlB"><a href="http://www.paulstanley.org/blog/2011/04/19/sacrificial-giving/">Sacrificial Giving</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.paulstanley.org/blog/2011/04/19/sacrificial-giving/embed/#?secret=mqefNMZnlB" width="600" height="338" title="“Sacrificial Giving” — Paul Stanley" data-secret="mqefNMZnlB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://www.paulstanley.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Pastor Steve Berger got my attention this past Sunday when he talked about sacrificial giving. Pastor Steve, the Senior Pastor at my church, Grace Chapel in Leipers Fork, TN, (http://gracechapel.net) just completed a four-week series, Reverse the Curse, on how to handle the resources that God has entrusted to our stewardship. The first two weeks were about tithing (giving ten percent of gross income), the third week was about offerings (the people or missions we support above our tithe), and the final week was about sacrificial giving. It was the final week that really caught got my attention.http://www.paulstanley.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Cross-iStock_000005674923Small.jpg