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 enlarge | Author: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 12779
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 520
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0842353607
Dewey Decimal Number: 241.68
EAN: 9780842353601
ASIN: 0842353607
Publication Date: January 27, 2003
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 Eye opener! October 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What an eye opener this book is! He lets you have it like it is. Greed, gluttony and covetousness are NOT treated as virtues, like the "prosperity gospel" preaches. This book helps to get us, as Christians, back on the right track of why God gives us material blessings and what He expects us to do with them. God is the focus, not us. Be prepared for some soul searching introspection!
IMHO, This book is second only to the Bible!! September 7, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Those are big words but let me explain why I truly mean them. Before I'd even gotten past the first hundred pages this book helped me change the way I manage my finances. How? By changing and enlightening my perspective. We get so caught up in the here and now that we sometimes forget what life is really about and what truly matters.
To answer the previous post, this book has NOTHING WHATSOVER to do with "buying your way into heaven". That is a gift bought by the precious blood of Jesus Christ and we can do nothing to earn it. That's why it's a gift from God. However, how we live as a reponse to that is well within our control and how we manage our money says a lot about our view of God and our relationship with Him. That's what this book helps put into perspective first and foremost. Once you have that perspective you will start to change how you spend money without going through major internal efforts. Salvation is one thing and we can only get to Heaven by Jesus Christ and not our own efforts. How we live is another thing and once we've settled the first and are secure in the fact we cannot lose it then our living is to be in gratitude for that precious gift and not an attempt to earn it because we never could. That would diminish the fact that it is a gift of God.
The author's heart-felt and sincere efforts to please the Lord in every aspect of his living have produced the fruit of this very helpful and edifying book. In turn, this book can help the rest of us to do likewise. This book had such a profound impact on me that there was no other book that could compare to it for impact other than the Bible, which of course, is second to none.
 Buying your way into Heaven July 5, 2007
4 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was bothered by the concept of buying your way into heaven. If you live a moral, decent, commandment obeying life but don't give enough money you still don't get into heaven? I hate to think that's what God is all about.
For full disclosure, I'd like to know what kind of house Mr. Alcorn lives in and how many of his expenses his organization pays. For those of us who pay our own expenses, it's more difficult to free up money to give. He writes of transferring ownership of all possessions to his wife and organization (of which he is the founder)to avoid a legal settlement but advises everyone else to avoid insurance for the same. In the days when God rained manna from the heavens his advice might have worked. However, if I give all my income and possessions away today, I'm living on the street, or on welfare. I thought God helped those who helped themselves, but Mr. Alcorn advises to work ONLY for God. If God wants us to give all our money and possessions back to him, why does he allow us the ability to earn in the first place?
Deep & Thought provoking May 29, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book! Makes you really think how you're spending the money that God has entrusted to you.
Challenging without being Legalistic May 11, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wow. Alcorn's book is a rallying cry for every Christian who is trying to be "in the world but not of it". Loaded with Scripture and thought provoking insight, this is a book I will be referring to and passing on to my friends and family.
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