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  February 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

  The point of this page is to try to bring together all the various resources on Simplicity, Generosity, Contentment, Consumerism that I can find, be it books, sermons, documents, videos or whatever…Because it’s massive, I’ll restrict it to Christian content. Hope it helps.

  Sermons

  • Tim Keller – Radical Generosity
  • Nancy Ortberg – Life Beyond Greed
  • Phil Whittall – Treasures in Heaven
  • John Piper – The Kingdom of Heaven is a Treasure
  • Pete Greig – Breaking the consumer mould @ Breathe conference 2009
  • Kevin DeYoung – Links to four sermons on generosity

  Audio

  • Randy Alcorn answers the question can giving break the hold of materialism? (3min)

  Documents & Articles
  

  • An Evangelical Commitment to Simple Life-style (Lausanne Discussion Paper)
  • Resistance is Futile? Helping Kids learn Generosity (Stewardship resource)
  • I appreciated JD Greear’s Generosity Matrix

  Books

  • Neither Poverty nor Riches by Craig Blomberg
  • The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn (review)
  • Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ron Sider
  • Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster (review)
  • Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller (review)

  Websites

  • Breathe
  • Generous
  • Generous Giving
  • Stewardship
  • Advent Conspiracy
  • Living Lightly
  • Life Squared