Emphasis Preaching Journal
Commenting on this pericope, Wilham...
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Commenting on this pericope, Wilham Barclay of Glasgow, wrote: "It is never the amount of the gift that matters, but the cost of the gift to the giver. It is not the size, but the sacrifice of the gift ... There are few people who will do without their pleasures to give a little more to the work of God. It may well be a sign of the decadence of the church and the failure of our Christianity that contributions have to be coaxed out of church people and that some will not give unless like entertainment they get something in return ...