When we think of biblical generosity, our minds naturally drift to financial giving—dropping money into an offering basket, selling a piece of land like Barnabas, or writing a check to support a missionary. But there is a deeper, more demanding currency of generosity: the giving of oneself. The apostle Paul redefined generosity not by how much money he gave away, but by how much financial compensation he willingly refused. As a pioneer missionary, church planter, and apostle,

When we think about radical, headline-grabbing generosity, our minds usually drift toward the ultra-wealthy—philanthropists writing multi-million dollar checks or tech moguls launching massive charitable foundations. We tend to think, “If I just had a little more room in my budget, then I’d be truly generous.” But nearly two thousand years ago, a group of believers turned that entire mindset completely upside down. In his second letter to the church at Corinth, the Apostle Pa

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