Why Is There an Offering Taken During a Worship Service?

September 12, 2006 | by John Piper | Topic: Giving

An offering in the middle of the service gives you a chance, Sunday after Sunday, with a check or a dime in your hand, to say, I love the Gospel.

This excerpt is from the sermon, Joy + Debt = A Two-Thousand-Mile Detour to Jerusalem.

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