Review of Full Disclosure: Everything the Bible Says About Financial Giving

Reviewed by the Ecumenical Stewardship Center

Full Disclosure: Everything the Bible Says About Financial Giving
by Herb Miller
Discipleship Resources, 2003

Full Disclosure explores twenty financial stewardship themes and includes appendices for ten sub-themes. Each theme (chapter) includes stories and quotes, commentary on relevant Old Testament and New Testament passages, and questions for reflection.

Whether or not a pastor or layperson is comfortable thinking or talking about giving money and other financial assets to God through the church, this book is understandable, inspirational, and informative. Herb Miller states: "Christian stewardship uses the life God gave you for God's purposes. Your money is a tangible extension of that life. God does not so much call you to give your money as to give yourself. Yet genuinely giving yourself always involves giving that financial extension of who you are" (page 29).

Miller emphasizes the biblical principles of proportionate and regular giving and claims that most "crisis offerings" result when these are not taught (page 74). Miller says, "The evidence is clear. The Bible teaches payday giving, not May Day giving ('SOS The ship is sinking; we need money to pay the church's bills')" (page 74).

I suggest this book for personal use, preaching, and Bible study curriculum.

Copyright © 2005 Ecumenical Stewardship Center. Reprinted with permission from Giving: Growing Joyful Stewards in Your Congregation.