The Generous Heart - Part 4
First Things First | Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Key Question: What can we learn from the Old Testament teaching about the tithe?
1. Tithing supported the leadership and activity of the Temple
2. Tithing provided for widows, fatherless, and foreigners
3. Tithing acknowledged God as the owner of all things
4. Tithing leads God's people into God's blessing
5. Tithing was a set amount - New Covenant giving amounts are less exact
6. Tithing was a law-based requirement - New Covenant giving is a heart-level desire

The Generous Heart - Part 3
True Generosity | Mark 12:41-44
Big Idea: Generosity is marked by sacrifice, not selfish gain.  

Key Question: What marks true generosity?
1. It's seen by God (vv. 41-42)
2. It's measured by sacrifice (v. 43)
3. It's motivated by faith (v. 44)

The Generous Heart - Part 2
Who Owns You? | Luke 12:13-21
Big Idea: Generosity protects us from being owned by the things we own.  

Key Question: How do we guard against being owned by our stuff?
1. See the danger (vv. 13-15)
2. Check your motives (vv. 16-19)
3. Turn from greed (vv. 20-21)

The Generous Heart - Part 1
The Generosity of God | John 3:16
Big Idea: God gave us His best, so we should give Him our best.  

1. God gave because of love (and so should we)
2. God gave His very best (and so should we)
3. God gave so that we might live (and so should we)

Adopted for Life | Ephesians 1:3-6
Big Idea: In Christ, we are adopted sons and daughters of God

1. God's fatherly love (vv. 3, 4a, 5)
2. God's restorative power (v. 4)
3. God's glorious grace (v. 6)

In Christ - Part 7
Captivated by God's Beauty | Various texts
Big Idea: Beauty is from God and points to God because God is the source of all beauty.

1. The Beauty that Ultimately Satisfies Is the Lord's
2. God Is the Source of All Beauty in Creation
3. God Concealed His Beauty in Christ, So We Can Gaze upon His Glory Forever

In Christ - Part 6
Transformed by God's Goodness | Various texts
Big Idea: In Christ, we receive and respond to God's goodness.

1. Functional Goodness
2. Moral Goodness
3. Relational Goodness

In Christ - Part 5
Anchored in God's Truth | Various Texts
Big Idea: In Christ, we see and live by the truth God has revealed.  

1. We Love God's Truth
2. We Proclaim God's Truth

In Christ - Part 4
Made for Mission | Matthew 28:16-20
Big Idea: In Christ, mission is the expression of our identity towards the world.  

1. We go with His authority. (vv. 16-18)
2. We pursue His purpose. (vv. 19-20a)
3. We carry His presence. (v. 20b)

In Christ - Part 3
Made for Community | Acts 4:32-37
Big Idea: In Christ, community is the expression of our identity toward one another

1. We share one heart and soul
2. We give with open hands