Exposing Myself on a Regular Basis

I think I nailed down what my issue is with tithing. It isn’t the actual act of giving at all. It is the fact that the giving goes to the givers – that is about 75% of it. It goes back to their benefit: buildings, projectors, staff…..Today a church is doing very well if it gives 25% of the money received to the outside community; be it clothes, food, rent or you could hold a vacation bible school and that would encourage more givers – I digress. It costs money to run a church and pay the staff and liability insurance and utilities and the ski trips that the youth must go to all in the name of attaining the life of Jesus. Sadly this goes completely against the teachings and life of Jesus.

Those that followed Him while He was on earth had a substantially different outlook when it came to giving; more specifically after He ascended. They became passionate rather that dimwitted. Their life was already dead and it was He that lived in them. Everything that they did was to speak of the good news and be the Life that others might question or fear. Back then understanding Christianity was easy but becoming one was difficult (persecution). Today understanding Christianity is difficult but becoming a Christian is very easy indeed. (yup I stole that last thing from someone else’s blog – sue me)

posted by Tera @ 3:59 PM Comments: 2