From beginning to end, Scripture repeatedly emphasizes God's ownership of everything: "To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it" .When I grasp that I'm a steward, not an owner, it totally changes my perspective.
Randy AlcornWe are all theologians, either good ones or bad ones. I'd rather be a good one. Wouldn't you?
Randy AlcornMany [Western Christians] habitually think and act as if there is no eternity. . . . We major in the momentary and minor in the momentous.
Randy AlcornGiving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)
Randy Alcorn