- jared

Christ’s followers must know the tools of Spiritual warfare. This is Spiritual warfare designed by Satan himself to turn the heads of the righteous or to keep the lost down in the dirt. Today’s children and youth watch graven images of lust and sexual immorality on prime time television at 7 in the evening. Cartoons today have blatant sexual connotations that plant horrible seeds of sin and death in the minds of Gods children. Pornography laces the internet with the smell of death Satan in disguised. cast down every imagination men and women of God. Teach your children well Watch over them in a time where the wolves are waiting..KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK> There is nothing more important than spreading the Gospel. Wear the whole armor. Eph 6-10-17, May the Lord bless you and keep you until the day of Jesus Christ.

Thank you for your comment on my post. It brought me to yours and other than a fine point or two, I have no problem with what you say. We are not opposing views.

However, you miss out one point. You talk about the tithe but neglect to point out that the word itself means “one tenth”. For instance, you mention “a ten percent tithe” but there is no other tithe. There cannot be a 10% fifth or a 10% fourth. To talk about a 10% tithe is redundant—it is the same as saying a 10% tenth.

Anyway, my posts only suggest that to hold NT Believers to a tithe law is wrong. We should give to support ministry and we should do so gladly and willingly. But to press people into “obedience” based on the Law and the tithe—in my opinion—is scriptural heresy.

In the church I attended, there was little focus on helping the orphan and the widow—or the homeless, etc. I know because I was on the Benevolence Committee and had to at times speak on a Sunday morning to ask for funds to help someone. It was not in the budget but was based on designated offerings. No, the “tithe” went to pay a salary for a pastor, youth pastor, associate pastor, secretary, mortgage, utilities, and ministry materials. It helped to buy new projectors, a new sound board, microphones, and the like. It pays for mowing and snow removal. But the ministry to the community in which it sits is anemic. If that community doesn’t come in the front door, little is done otherwise.

My wife and I give to other active ministries that are reaching and changing lives on a daily basis. They’re not busy playing “church”.

When pressed with this same question, Jesus asked to be shown a coin. He asked whose picture was on it. When the man answered “Caesar,” Jesus told him to give to Caesar what was Caesar’s, and to God what belongs to God.

Now, you decide for yourself how much that is.

There’s already a whole website for that

Not only is there such a site, but there’s a post specifically about Halloween.

Thanks for the link.

http://www.stufffundieslike.com/

Very funny stuff. Unless of course you really are a fundamentalist. In which case you’re probably not reading The Master’s Table. Raise your hand if your not reading this right now. Good.

The fundamentalist label gets applied to any group interested primarily in the “fundamentals” of Christian faith. There is not a rigid set of parameters, but fundi’s typically read only the King James Bible, have strict dress codes (women don’t wear pants, sometimes no one wears shorts), and they tend to be legalists. Fundi’s tend to draw very narrow lines around who is really saved, lines that would exclude most other Christians, such as Catholics, Anglicans and Episcopal church members. Some, but not all, are ignorant of church history, and the origins of Biblical cannon. Fundamentalists would never build a gym next to their church,

I should write a “You might be a fundamentalist if…” blog post sometime.