The Fast Makes New

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved (Matt 9:16-17). This little saying has perplexed me for years. Jesus is answering a question as to…

Give Abundantly

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Luke 12:33-34). Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open…

Make Your Money Work for You

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous (Prov 13:22). Know well the condition of your flocks and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? (Prov 27:23-24). Our generation tends to be terrible with our money. I, for one, was never taught how to manage money. I’ve never been taught how to make a budget, let…

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