The basic issue for the Christian, it seems to me, is whether we believe we are stewards or owners of what we possess. A good steward receives gratefully anything his Lord gives to him. But he must account for it and use it wisely.

We Christians also believe that this is God’s world. Each person is alive by an act of God’s loving grace. If material blessings come to us, we believe they are gifts of God for which we are to be responsible as stewards. The whole earth is really ours as stewards.

from Living the Adventure

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The basic issue for the Christian, it seems to me, is whether we believe we are stewards or owners of what we possess. A good steward receives gratefully anything the Lord gives to him or her. But that person must account for it and use it wisely.

We Christians also believe that this is God’s world. Each person is alive by an act of God’s loving grace. If material blessings come to us, we believe they are gifts of God for which we are to be responsible as stewards. The whole earth is really ours as stewards.

from Living the Adventure