Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious … - Randy Alcorn

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Did you ever find that there is room between the two opposing rules of a paradox? That space between two almost opposite rules is the ground where I play and write.

Randy Alcorn

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

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