Beyond the Balance Sheet: Is Your Stewardship Built on Duty or Devotion?
The sermon correctly establishes God's total ownership as the foundation for stewardship. However, its homiletical structure is fundamentally moralistic, presenting a series of imperatives (work hard, be content, manage well) that are not sufficiently grounded in the indicative of Christ's finished work. This results in a 'try harder' message that risks producing either pride in success or despair in failure, rather than rest in Christ.