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1: Introducing a Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity

2: My Journey to Freely Giving - Andrew Case

3: Who Really Owns God’s Word? - Jon’s Journey to Freely Giving Scripture

4: A Google Engineer's Journey to Clarity on What Scripture Teaches about Money and Ministry

5: What God Thought about Truth-Selling in Ancient Israel

6: Our Lavish God - Conversation 1

7: Pragmatism vs Principle - Conversation 2

8: The Command of Christ - Conversation 3

9: The History of the Jesus Trade - Conversation 4

10: Typical Objections to the Biblical Teaching that Ministry Should Be Free

11: Does Jesus’ Command to “Freely Give” Apply Today?

12: The Bondage of the Word - Copyright & the Bible

13: Joe the Author - Christians Who Sell Jesus

14: What's up with Paul? - Conversation 5

15: Jane the Free Thinker - Christians Who Sell Jesus

16: Obligation and Compulsion - Conversation 6

17: Steve the Biblical Counselor - Christians Who Sell Jesus

18: Should Preachers Be Paid?

19: Biblical Counseling Should Be Free

20: Should Christian Ministry Be Supported by Ads?

21: James the Worship Composer - Christians Who Sell Jesus

22: Bible Publishers - Stewards or Gatekeepers?

23: Luke the Sought-After Preacher - Christians Who Sell Jesus

24: ACBC Counseling Fees

25: Deep Dive into 2 Corinthians 2:17 - Commercializing the Word of God

26: Charging Fees for Biblical Counseling? - Deborah Dewart

27: Chris the Prophetic Voice - Christians Who Sell Jesus

28: How the Jesus Trade Harms the World - the Iron Curtain of Copyright & Cost - episode 3

29: The Sale of Religious Instruction = Simony

30: FirstLove Ministries - with Joe Jacowitz

31: The Ministry I Work with Requires Me to Sell Jesus...

32: Mandy the Biblical Scholar & Tom the Seminary President - Christians Who Sell Jesus

33: The Worship Tax

34: How to Publish a Book That's Truly Freely Given

35: Julia the YouTuber & Blogger - Christians Who Sell Jesus

36: How to Share the Joy of Freely Giving with Others

37: On the Specter of Copyright Hijacking

38: Eric the Excuse Expert & A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

39: The Sin of Judas and the Sale of Christian Teaching

40: The Problem with Creative Commons ShareAlike

41: What Is Christian Ministry? A Biblical Deep Dive

42: Blood Money and Its Connection to Ministry

43: Lingua Deo Gloria - with Sawyer Moranville

44: The KJV Is Still Restricted by Copyright

45: The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World

46: The Sin of Buying Jesus

47: Speaking in the Sight of God

48: Debate: Is It Wrong to Charge Admission to a Christian Conference?

49: 1 Corinthians 9 - An Exegetical Walkthrough

50: Christian Conferences Should Be Free

51: The Wages of a Prostitute -Why Donating Ministry Income Doesn’t Justify the Sale of Christian Teaching

52: Money Changers In Today's Temple - Micah 3:11-12

53: Debate: Is Selling Licenses to Bible Translations a Sin?

54: The Pricelessness of the Word - Talk 1 from the Conference on The Stewardship of Scripture 2025

55: Who Owns the Manuscripts & Critical Texts? - Talk 2 from the Conference on The Stewardship of Scripture

56: The Rise of the Bible Societies & the First Copyrighted Bible in America

57: Adaptation & Inspiration

58: Does Copyright Actually Protect the Text of Scripture from Corruption?

59: The Sin of Balaam

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This message by Conley Owens was presented at #doreancon 2025 on "The Stewardship of Scripture" at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church in Sunnyvale, CA.Read the article version of this message.

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