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In Part One we looked at Deuteronomy 26, which describes a tithe given to have a yearly feast. Aside from being impractical, such a feast is no longer possible because we cannot go to a single, physical location where God dwells. There is another tithe mentioned in the scripture. It was not a yearly tithe, …
Christians are not supposed to tithe as presented in the Old Testament. In fact, even if we wanted to, we couldn’t. The standard Protestant line is that we are to give 10 percent of our income to the church as a base. Anything above that is an offering, which might go to a building fund, …
Lately, the Facebook-o-sphere has been replete with both right and left leaning political memes. You know, ‘It’s Obama’s fault.’ No, it’s Bush’s fault.’ ‘Ban guns! No, buy more guns!’ ad nausium. The posts seem to get stronger each month. More recently, though, I’ve been reading more and more posts, blogs, and articles about rebellion. Some …
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There are plenty of frugal sites out there. This is not one of them. I don’t plan on trying to compete. I do, however, teach the scriptures; and much is said about frugality, debt, savings, and being wise stewards. Recently I have been teaching a series on Biblical Stewardship, so I thought I’d give a …