Tag: tithing
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Tithing picks up among Christian business owners
Chicago Tribune: Tithing picks up among Christian business owners Charities, both religious and secular, benefit as entrepreneurs give them a portion of their profits. Contractor Tom Barry stopped at the Cup of Joy Cafe in Wasco on his way to a job site on a rainy Thursday afternoon and bought a small latte. Barry chatted…
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Living Simply in Abundance (23)
False needs, or attempts to meet legitimate needs inappropriately, often lead us into destructive economic behaviors. In the previous post, I wrote that we need to search ourselves and know what drives us to have a false sense of need. But we do have legitimate needs. How do we sort out the difference? At the…
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The Truth about Tithing
Acton Commentary (Jordan Bailor): The Truth about Tithing …You reap what you sow, they say, and when you sow the seed of the tithe with God, he’ll reward you handsomely. The focus on giving here is finally and fully on what the givers get back. Often those who reason in this way will make an…
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The Backlash Against Tithing
Wall Street Journal: The Backlash Against Tithing Can you put a price on faith? That is the question churchgoers are asking as the tradition of tithing — giving 10% of your income to the church — is increasingly challenged. Opponents of tithing say it is a misreading of the Bible, a practice created by man,…
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Government Works to Protect Tithing
From the Acton PowerBlog: Government Works to Protect Tithing Following up on the story from a couple months back about restrictions to bankruptcy filings prohibiting filers from budgeting for tithing, and in the midst of the controversy surrounding Rick Warren’s invitation to Sen. Barack Obama to appear at a Saddleback Church event, news comes both…