Kingdom Stewardship

Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount

De: Jon Burnham

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

What if stewardship wasn't about guilt, but grace? Not about scarcity, but abundance? Not about what you must give up, but what you've already received?

Kingdom Stewardship takes you deep into Jesus' Sermon on the Mount to discover a revolutionary approach to living. Over seven transformative weeks, Pastor Jon Burnham unpacks how Jesus reimagines everything we think we know about blessing, influence, resources, relationships, prayer, and trust.

This isn't another stewardship campaign toolkit trying to squeeze donations from reluctant congregations. This is a comprehensive spiritual resource that treats stewardship as what it actually is: the joyful practice of recognizing that everything belongs to God, and we're invited to participate in Kingdom work.

What's Inside:

Seven complete Sunday sermons that connect ancient Scripture to modern struggles. Each message weaves biblical exposition with Houston street stories, practical theology with Tuesday morning reality. These aren't bland devotionals. They're honest engagements with texts that challenge comfortable Christianity.

Seven worship liturgies ready to use. Calls to worship, confession prayers, assurance of pardon, and prayers of the people crafted specifically for each week's Scripture focus. Presbyterian in structure, universal in application.

Story-based Bible studies that go beyond fill-in-the-blank questions. Each study opens with a compelling narrative, then guides participants through "archaeology digs" that uncover layers of meaning in passages you thought you already understood.

Stewardship Practice Labs offering hands-on experiments in Kingdom living. These aren't theoretical exercises. They're seven-day challenges designed to interrupt your patterns and create new practices: "The 72-Hour Fast," "The Plank Recognition Project," "The ASK, SEEK, KNOCK Intensive."

Resources specifically designed for stewardship committees, including visual installation ideas, children's messages, three-minute testimony templates, weekly email devotionals, and practical timelines for campaign implementation.

The Seven-Week Journey:

Week 1: Blessed to Be a Blessing (The Beatitudes) Week 2: Salt and Light (Stewarding Our Influence)
Week 3: Treasures in Heaven (Stewarding Our Resources) Week 4: Seeking First the Kingdom (All Saints' Day focus) Week 5: Heart of Mercy (Stewarding Our Relationships) Week 6: Ask, Seek, Knock (Stewardship of Prayer and Trust) Week 7: Building on the Rock (Christ the King Sunday)

Who This Book Serves:

Pastors preparing sermon series will find complete messages they can preach as written or adapt to their context. Sunday School teachers get ready-made studies that actually engage participants. Stewardship committees receive practical tools that move beyond guilt-based fundraising. Small groups discover accessible material that generates real conversation. Individual readers encounter a spiritual practice that transforms how they see everything they have and are.

Kingdom Stewardship refuses to separate Sunday worship from Monday reality, personal piety from community mission, biblical depth from practical application. It's Reformed theology with bare feet, contemplative practice with calloused hands, ancient wisdom for contemporary crises.

Written in Jon Burnham's distinctive voice—conversational, story-driven, theologically grounded, and refreshingly free of religious clichés—this book invites you into a different way of being human. A way where you receive to give. Where you're blessed to bless. Where stewardship isn't burden but blessing, not obligation but overflow.

The Sermon on the Mount remains Jesus' most comprehensive vision of Kingdom life. Kingdom Stewardship helps you actually live it.