GIVING
TO GET

Topics: Eternal Life; Generosity; Heaven; Justification; Reconciliation; Salvation

References: Mark 10:25; John 3:16; 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 6:23; Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5–7

Warren Buffet, the world’s second-richest man, announced in June 2006 that he would donate 85 percent of his $44 billion fortune to five charitable foundations.

Commenting on this extreme level of generosity, Buffet said: “There is more than one way to get to heaven, but this is a great way.”

—Associated Press, “How Do You Spend $1.5 Billion a Year?” CBSNews.com (June 27, 2006)