Sowing & Reaping—Winter/Spring 2025

As believers we are citizens of heaven, so our lives should be oriented toward heaven. The articles in this issue of Sowing & Reaping help us examine our motives in handling material possessions, examine obstacles to giving, and share some practical ideas for using our time, resources, and abilities. Are you laying up treasure in heaven by investing in eternal things?

EDITORS: INGE CANNON AND SARAH HARTWIG

DESIGNER: YOUR CREATIVE PEOPLE

PUBLICATION ADVISORS:

JON CROCKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DALE CRAWFORD, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

FORREST MCPHAIL, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ASIA, AUSTRALIA, AND OCEANIA

ALAN PATTERSON, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE, AFRICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

TIMOTHY BERREY, DIRECTOR OF MISSIONARY RECRUITMENT

MARSH FANT, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH PLANTING AND REVITALIZATION

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BY TIMOTHY BERREY

OBSTACLES TO LAYING UP

TREASURE IN HEAVEN

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BY ALAN PATTERSON

HEAVENLY-MINDED PRAYING

ABOUT EARTHLY NEEDS

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BY JON CROCKER

WHY LAY UP

TREASURE IN HEAVEN?

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BY FORREST MCPHAIL

PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR LAYING

UP HEAVENLY TREASURE