{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: The Lion's Share - Faithful and Generous","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1597,"description":"Today Rick and Svea talk about their own struggles with greed and simplicity and the New Testament framework of faithful giving and generous giving.\nBible passages referenced in today's episode:\n1 Timothy 6:17-19; 1 Corinthians 9:13-14; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5\n\nTopics Discussed in this Episode:\n00:00 Intro\n01:13 This message pushed Rick to wrestle down his own contentment.\n03:56 Simplicity: a corollary to contentment.\n05:16 Svea fell back into the trap of not practicing simplicity this past week.\n07:16 Rick confronting greed as he's excited about his new hobby of hunting.\n08:34 The practice of generosity - a tangible expression of love.\n09:28 It's not about the amount it's about the heart.\n13:19 Generosity binds us together.\n14:20 How can I approach generous giving - some guidelines.\n14:55 (1) Diagnose your reality.\n15:30 (2) What do you want your reality to be.\n15:42 (3) Make a plan to close the gap.\n17:01 What about tithing?\n18:50 Prioritize giving to the local church - faithful giving - and then giving to others - generous giving - (see the 1 & 2 Corinthian references, above).\n23:38 The joy of aligning all we are with who Christ is.\n24:49 This series has helped to connect the dots on why Jesus spoke about money so much.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}