One of the signs of the decadence of our church is that people have to be coaxed so much into giving what they ought to give freely. If you want to see the church coax people for gifts, turn on the television. You think I’ve got a thing against television preachers nowadays—and I am one. Write in and get TV Offer #37. Send us an extra gift, and we will send you a leather-bound premium. Come in and join the inner circle of my contributor’s clubs. We have to coax people into giving what we ought to give freely when the Lord Jesus who gave his life upon the cross for us comes into our life. It ought to make us want to be sacrificial and not superficial.
