smellycat

paying there own wages by the majority which is recieved,this is a very worldly business,whatch out for God tv,oops they already do it.they strip humanity to self greed i hope they get all they ask for.

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Whirlwind

...and if they only knew what it was they were asking for.

They wouldn't ask at all.

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Jax

Would you like to expand a little smelly cat?
Who is asking for money and in whay way?
Do you actually watch and listen and understand what is going on, or do you view any Christian who asks those who feel led for support as wrong?

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Boanerges

It is a fact that it takes money to pay for the organizations that distribute charity. It is worth checking to make (at least reasonably) sure that the ones you give into are good stewards.

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Whirlwind

Reverend Lovejoy (Simpsons): "...and once again, we'd like to remind all of you that tithing means 10% off the top, gross...not net. And so we're going to pass the baskets around again! Don't make us audit you!"



Do you guys think that instead of sending your money to a preacher on TV, it would be just as beneficial to send it to a local church?

I just find it very difficult to believe in a ministry that I see on TV where the stage is flawlessly decorated and the evangelist is wearing tailored suits and all; where they ask you for your money every five minutes. It reminds me of that movie, Leap of Faith.

...or like the doggy commercials on prime-time. "We're going to have to put these dogs to sleep if you don't send us your money so we can try to help them." Ummm...okay, you just wasted a bunch of money putting your commercial on prime-time when you could have saved some of those poor little puppies. They could have established a web site, and then if I ever felt the hankering to save some puppies on death row, I could have searched for them.

Anyway...give! From your heart, joyfully and without expecting repayment. Give in God's name, for Christ! Don't announce it, do it in secret. Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Don't regret it later, and never give if you think you're going to feel grudgy about it later on. God loves a cheerful giver!

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Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse.
Jesus is the Living Word.

Jax

The ministries that I listen too never ask for money in the way being suggested.
They often show the work they are doing and ask people to join with them and support it, that is very different.
Everything costs money and it isnt wrong to ask brethren to help support the work of God.
It also is 'scriptural' to sow expecting a harvest, the whole Bible is full of exactly those principles, what farmer would throw his seed into the ground and not expect a crop?
God wants us to do that, but He wants us to do into the things that He leads, and not into what we think.

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that 'WHOSOEVER' believes, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.