In 1996, Americans gave 130...
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In 1996, Americans gave 130 billion dollars to charitable causes, mostly to religious institutions, up 9.5 percent in two years. Yet studies suggest that Americans on average give just under two percent of their annual income to charity, a figure that tops other nations, but which has not budged for many years. Eight of ten Americans who earn at least one million dollars a year leave nothing to charity in their wills. A Cornell University study in 1993 estimated that Americans over sixty are sitting on a pot of wealth totaling ten trillion dollars, causing economists to conclude that society today is at the front of a huge generational transfer of wealth. Half of all charitable donors make less than 50,000 dollars a year. Generosity with our money not only helps others but is a God-pleasing way to show that we are genuinely thankful people. We may not all be millionaires, but God promises us in this text that he will continue to supply us the necessary resources to give generously of our financial means to help others and to give gratitude to him.
-- Guettler
-- Guettler
