Dear Friends. This is the fifth of a six-part series based on Randy Alcorn’s book The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving. We are reading this book at Holy Trinity Winchester during the Lenten season but it is by no means essential to read it in order to benefit from this series. The purpose of the series is to listen carefully to the teachings of Jesus on money and possessions and to learn how to approach these things as his disciples.

In this fifth episode, we talk about where to start in giving. How much of one’s income should be given away? What about the Old Covenant concept of “tithing” ten per cent of one’s income? How does God bless us when we give? And what is the Prosperity Gospel and its relevance to all of this?