Scott LaPierre Ministries

Second Corinthians 9:7 teaches that God loves a cheerful giver. This message explores reasons Christians can give with joy, connecting generosity with love for the Lord and a grateful response to what He has provided.

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Although the New Testament doesn’t command tithing, it gives us principles to determine the amount. Most of these principles for biblical giving are found in 2 Corinthians 8 and 9. These chapters provide the richest, most detailed teaching on giving in the Bible.

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We can learn much about sacrificial giving from the account of the widow's mite in Luke 21:1-4 and Mark 12:41-44. The widow's mite teaches that giving is much bigger than the gift. The gift is an iceberg above the water, and below the surface is the sacrifice that went into it. The gift is a tree, and the roots in the ground are the sacrifice that went into it.

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Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go," but as parents, we must ensure we go that way too. As Christian parents, we want our children to see the Gospel in us through our lives and parenting, which means we must strive to live it out before our kids.

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How can Christians comfort people who are grieving? Job 2:11–13 records the care Job's friends showed before they began speaking. Learn six ways to offer biblical comfort, drawing on their example and the experience of ministering to a grieving congregation.

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Every believer is expected to “weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15; see also 1 Corinthians 12:26). When we mourn with those who mourn, we should avoid certain things, such as trying to cheer people up, competing with them by sharing our own stories of grief, or being false prophets by telling them things will get better.

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Jesus is both David’s Son and David’s Lord because He is truly human, descended from David, and truly divine. In Luke 20:41–44, Jesus points to Psalm 110:1, where David calls the Messiah “my Lord,” to show that the Christ is more than David’s descendant. He is David’s divine Lord as well as the promised Son of David.

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Because marriage is a big part of this life, a common question is, “What happens to married couples in heaven?” We learn the answer when the Sadducees tried to trap Jesus with a hypothetical question about levirate marriage (Luke 20:27-40, Matthew 22:23-33, and Mark 12:18-27).

Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/what-happens-to-married-couples-in-heaven/

Levirate marriage in Deuteronomy 25:5–10 required a man to marry his deceased brother’s widow when the brothers lived together and the deceased brother had no son. Their first son would carry on the deceased man’s name. This law shows God’s care for widows and the importance of preserving a family’s name and inheritance in Israel.

Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/levirate-marriage-in-the-bible/

The Pharisees and Herodians tried to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to Caesar. In Luke 20:19–26, His answer distinguishes what belongs to Caesar from what belongs to God. Just as coins bear Caesar's image, people bear God's image and owe themselves to Him.

Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/give-to-caesar-what-is-caesars-and-to-god-what-is-gods/