Comments on: 10% http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tony Isaac http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/#comment-146 Tony Isaac Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:33:42 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=765#comment-146 Hi Ben, no worries. God bless you. Hi Ben, no worries. God bless you.

]]> By: Ben Watts http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/#comment-144 Ben Watts Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:28:29 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=765#comment-144 Thanks for your candid feedback. I was able to spend some time on your blog and catch up with your story. I appreciate how you examine the Scriptures thoroughly, and I hope I can add some meaningful thoughts and questions to what you've already seen. Let's keep the dialogue going! Thanks for your candid feedback. I was able to spend some time on your blog and catch up with your story. I appreciate how you examine the Scriptures thoroughly, and I hope I can add some meaningful thoughts and questions to what you’ve already seen. Let’s keep the dialogue going!

]]> By: Ben Watts http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/#comment-143 Ben Watts Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:53:52 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=765#comment-143 Curiously, I ran into the buddy barrel people last month while I was attending a conference as an exhibitor. They told me you can still get the old wooden ones! I used to love twisting them so they'd squeal. That's probably why they went to plastic :) Really, though, you're right. I'm going to chew on this stuff over the weekend, but I'm already seeing the core of this thing comes down to the heart motive and doing everything out of a white-hot relationship with the Father. Curiously, I ran into the buddy barrel people last month while I was attending a conference as an exhibitor. They told me you can still get the old wooden ones! I used to love twisting them so they’d squeal. That’s probably why they went to plastic :)

Really, though, you’re right. I’m going to chew on this stuff over the weekend, but I’m already seeing the core of this thing comes down to the heart motive and doing everything out of a white-hot relationship with the Father.

]]> By: eliteinchrist http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/#comment-142 eliteinchrist Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:49:58 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=765#comment-142 Hi there, I truly enjoyed your post and thoroughly understand where you are coming from. Today's church rates tithing very highly just as they do prayer, fasting and reading your bible. Now do they also keep meticulous records of those who pray frequently, fast often or read their bibles religiously? No they don't. They will always make a note of saying that those activities are supposed to be personal stuff between the believer and God, since it is God who rewards openly what has been done in secret. Then why isn't tithing treated as such? Why then do they have to keep records of those who tithe as well as chase and ridicule or even excommunicate those who default? The answer is simple, God is not in it! Churches these days are scared that if they do not threaten their congregation with this doctrine they would not be guaranteed a steady source of income. The way I see it, it is the way we run churches today that is to blame for huge finances required. The New Testament tells us that God no longer dwells in temples made with hands but we as believers are the temples of the living God. The early church did not have people on the payroll like you rightly pointed out. Instead they gathered offerings to help each other. Now am going off on a tangent, I had better rein myself in and go back to the topic at hand. Today's church is not required to tithe, instead we are encouraged to give anything we can afford freely and cheerfully. I have written a detailed post on the subject, please feel free to check it out http://eliteinchrist.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/why-should-i-tithe-myths-about-tithing/ God bless Hi there,

I truly enjoyed your post and thoroughly understand where you are coming from.

Today’s church rates tithing very highly just as they do prayer, fasting and reading your bible. Now do they also keep meticulous records of those who pray frequently, fast often or read their bibles religiously? No they don’t. They will always make a note of saying that those activities are supposed to be personal stuff between the believer and God, since it is God who rewards openly what has been done in secret. Then why isn’t tithing treated as such? Why then do they have to keep records of those who tithe as well as chase and ridicule or even excommunicate those who default?

The answer is simple, God is not in it! Churches these days are scared that if they do not threaten their congregation with this doctrine they would not be guaranteed a steady source of income. The way I see it, it is the way we run churches today that is to blame for huge finances required. The New Testament tells us that God no longer dwells in temples made with hands but we as believers are the temples of the living God. The early church did not have people on the payroll like you rightly pointed out. Instead they gathered offerings to help each other. Now am going off on a tangent, I had better rein myself in and go back to the topic at hand.

Today’s church is not required to tithe, instead we are encouraged to give anything we can afford freely and cheerfully. I have written a detailed post on the subject, please feel free to check it out http://eliteinchrist.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/why-should-i-tithe-myths-about-tithing/

God bless

]]> By: coffeecup http://culturallyirrelevant.com/2009/10/13/10/#comment-141 coffeecup Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:20 +0000 http://culturallyirrelevant.com/?p=765#comment-141 lol on the buddy barrel, that brought back some memories! interesting topic for sure, and as you point out, even more interesting the lack of formulaic guidance in the NT. must be on purpose. and as you say it forces us to look at the heart issues which is what he's more interested in anyway. lol on the buddy barrel, that brought back some memories! interesting topic for sure, and as you point out, even more interesting the lack of formulaic guidance in the NT. must be on purpose. and as you say it forces us to look at the heart issues which is what he’s more interested in anyway.

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