Dr Paul Allen

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.” ( Jeremiah 32:17 ) The Genesis record of creation generates more hostility among men than any other message. Even secular atheists claim to respect the humanitarian teachings of Jesus, but they bristle irrationally when the Lord Jesus is identified as the Creator . Perhaps this is because the evidence for God ’s omnipotence is displayed so openly and vividly by the “greatness of his might” ( Isaiah 40:26 ). The God who can speak the billions of galaxies into existence with the “breath of his mouth” ( Psalm 33:6 ) is a God who can cast ungodly men into eternal hell for their defiance and rebellion against “the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ ” ( Jude 1:4 ). Conversely, the God who “stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing” ( Job 26:7 ) is able to “save them to the uttermost that come unto Go

English: "The collector of tithes" oil on Canvas. Česky: Výběrčí desátků. Malba Gerarda Thomase (1663-1720) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Malachi 3:8–12 “Bring the full tithes…. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts , if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing (v. 10). Stewardship , the wise use of our resources to glorify God , is the final means of grace of five basic practices of  Christian piety . The way we allocate our time, effort, and money speaks volumes about our heart’s priorities, giving us a clear window into our own spiritual maturity. Our Creator instituted the principle of stewardship in creation when He gave humanity the task of exercising dominion over the earth He created (Gen. 1:27–28). Ever since then, all people have been tasked with managing their natural resources for the purpose of advancing God’s kingdom. This is a principle that is easy to forget because we like to think of our paychecks,