“Does it make sense that a model of generosity based on obedience to biblical truths will teach a better stewardship lesson to new believers than a miserly message of frugality based on presumably legitimate missiological principles? The Scriptures clearly and consistently require responsive giving rather than reasoned giving when material needs are going unmet disproportionately. It will continue to be hard for our poorer brothers and sisters to hear our rationales for not helping them as long as they remain hungry for the most basis provisions and we remain well-heeled and hoard our surpluses.”
John Rowell To Give or Not to Give? Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, & Redefining Sustainability (Tyrone, GA: Authentic, 2006) 53-54.