Tithing Structures Faith
This is a no brainer. Faith is an important part of our lives. Pleasing God is the desire of every sincere Christian and that can only be done by exercising faith. Hebrews 11:6 says,
Without faith it is impossible to please him (God)…
But disjointed, inconsistent, poorly organized, confused efforts, however sincere, are never expressions of faith. ”Faith” and “faithful” are cousins. It ain’t faith if it ain’t consistent and orderly. In fact, the Bible further says all things must be done decently and in order, i.e., in a structured fashion (1 Corinthians 14:40). This principle applies to everything we do: worship, preaching, teaching, social events, goal setting and even giving. Read more
Blinded by Religion
Most people think that religion can make a person better morally and bring them closer to God but that idea is far from true. In fact, James said people who live a religious life and brag about it (bridle not their tongues) are delusional (James, chapter 1 verse 26). According to James, a religious life is useful but not for moral improvement.
Take, for example, some of the religious regulations in the Old Testament and there were many. Diet, food preparation, sewer management, dress code, work-rest cycle (time management), charitable practices, financial management, personal hygiene and medical procedures were all included in the religious code. When James mentioned religion this is what he was referring to. Read more
Democracy Is Christian Even When The State Is Not
Over at the Huffington Post Robbie Gennet has made some interesting remarks about the impossibility of a democracy being Christian. In his words,
“There is no such thing as a Christian…Muslim… or Jewish Democracy…(or a solely Heterosexual one, for that matter).”
“True Democracy,” he says,
“Means True Equality and no religion sees itself as equal to all the others (and they feel especially unequal to secularism and atheism)…In this country, the vast majority of them (the religious) feel that the USA was founded as a Christian nation and should be run like one, which is anathema to the true Democratic ideals of our founding fathers.” Read more
What Is The Point of Truth
Christians have “Truth” but they often miss the point entirely. It’s like the guy who drives a petrol hogging, smog belching SUV but uses recycled-paper checks to pay the bill. You don’t have to be ecologically minded to see the contradiction. It appeases Green philosophies in one way and abuses them in another. It is like putting water in a bucket that has a large hole in the bottom. What’s the point?
Christians are guilty of this faulty logic also. We love the truth, or at least we give that idea lip surface often and very loudly, but the question is, which truth do we love most and better yet, why do you love it? What’s your purpose? What’s the point? Read more
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