Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

I have always had this conviction that Christians should never charge money for Christian resources. I have had this conviction since I was a young teenager, because it is what makes sense to me: Christians have freely received grace and mercy that we don’t deserve from God, but then we charge others to learn about this amazing free gift by charging for books, DVDs, recordings or other resources. Producing resources costs money (books need to be printed, websites need to be paid for), and I’m not suggesting a Christian author should ever withhold payment from a book printer or anything like that. I think the perfect model for Christian resources is that people get behind gospel-centered projects and donate money to allow that resource to be free. Thanks to the internet, this is happening. Websites like The Bible Project and Desiring God (among others I’m sure) release their resources completely free. Desiring God even has free downloadable versions of John Piper’s print books. We need to support these projects that are doing what they do in faith that God will provide for them through the support of other Christians.

Giving away resources which may have cost significant time and money to produce takes a big leaps of faith if you don’t recognize what is at stake for those consuming the resources. Imagine the message it would send to the world for the unsaved to see that Christians care so much about them that they’re willing to potentially sacrifice their worldly incomes for the purpose of reaching out.

In addition, we need to support our local churches so that when they run events, they can do it without needing to charge door prices or ticket prices. Encourage our Pastors that the congregation believes in what they do by fronting up money or time or your insight to enable the Church to reach further into the community, and share the amazing message of God’s saving grace.