FCF: Worry about finances leads us to withholding and hoarding because we're not just tight-fisted, we're tight-hearted.

Big Idea: God is generous, so we don't have to worry or withhold.

1. Jesus, the Generous Giver.

2. Four approaches to money.

- The way of the world


- The prosperity gospel


- Pious poverty


- The way of Jesus

3. Practicing generosity

Concerns, Objections & Misconceptions:

"God doesn't care about what I give."


 "That's a lot of money."


"This is just a church money grab."


"Tithing is an Old Testament law."
5) "Tithing is legalism."