Giving Up : New Vantage Books : 9780990509066 : 0990509060 : 02 Oct 2017 : In an age when many Christian denominations are shrinking and the demographics of the churchgoing public seem to get more dire by the day, pastor and author David Roseberry reveals the two-thousand-year-old secret weapon that conquered the first-century world: generosity. Citing the principal "meme" of the earliest Christians--"It is more blessed to give than to receive"--Roseberry demonstrates the power of unselfish giving to propel the message of Christ throughout a culture obsessed with "selfie theology." Roseberry challenges churches to rethink everything they know about generosity, giving, and the gospel by drawing on powerful examples from the biblical record, from church history, and from the front lines of today's culture wars. He shows how the simple, profound influence of sacrificial generosity is the most powerful antidote to the self-obsessed, cynical spirit of our age. Building on this foundation,