Recently, James Malm was doing a series on the "18 Truths". Now, I don’t agree with a lot of things that he puts out, but one item I was curious about was his views on "Tithing". It actually is quite good, although it is more commentary than a thesis. His…
Over at the Preaching the Gospel blog, Author posted the article "What Really Is Church of God – America?" It’s a good question, actually. It is apparently backed by the International Ambassador Outreach organization, which was formed shortly after Leon Walker was fired and much of UCG in Latin America…
I want to tidy up some loose ends on this pursuit of happiness bit. Without a doubt, the notion that we are here on earth to pursue our desires, our fulfillment, our … anything, actually… is centered on “I” and “me”. Christians are called instead to be Christ-centered. Christ had…
Fine question, actually. Dr Robert Thiel seems to make a big deal out of this, as everything else in the article, in “Some of the Differences between the Living Church of God and the United Church of God, ia”. Yet, from what I see, it is another exaggerated difference based…
As a review, the purposes of tithing break down as: 1st tithe goes to God’s work here on earth, 2nd tithe is for attending God’s commanded festivals and 3rd tithe is to take care of the disadvantaged. We already saw in Part 1 that these tithes were not done away…
In Part 1, we established that tithing existed since the time of Abraham. As you may recall, God knew Abraham would teach his children to “keep the way of the LORD” (Ge 18:19), and “Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws” (Ge…
This is part of the series on tithing. In Part 1, we examined what tithing is and when it was instituted. We further looked at the record to determine that it was instituted before Mt Sinai and is in force for Christians today. In Part 2, we looked at the…
Russell Earl Kelly wrote: Kelly: Can you picture a lawyer in the USA arguing a case using even the good points of English law? Why is that obviously wrong, yet it is OK to argue using Old Covenant law? Well, God does not and cannot bless a New Covenant Christian…
Here it is again. Another email claiming that we are under the “New Covenant” so we don’t have to tithe. The New Covenant is a subject unto itself, and you can read more about it in the articles “The Ten Commandments” and “God’s Plan 7: What Is the New Covenant?”….
The New York Times ran the article “Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich” on 15 August about a convention with appearances by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. “God knows where the money is, and he knows how to get the money to you,” preached Mrs. Copeland, dressed in a…