A Pilgrim's Progress

This past Saturday I spent some time in Savannah's historic district both reading and relaxing. Due to my crazy work schedule I rare...

Um...could I have Channel 3 please?

Acts 4:32-37 is a passage that often makes us American capitalists uneasy: "Now the full number of those who believed were of o...

I try not to get jealous. Really, I do. I try not to get jealous when I read Acts 2:42-47. However, the picture that Luke paints of t...

Institutional Christianity has three non-negotiable characteristics. First, the leaders are "experts" from outside the chur...

In our modern, wealthy, capitalistic society the poor and needy are often ignored. The reality is that life here in the USA is busy. Many...

I'm not generally a fan of church budgets. They are frequently complicated and self-serving. Too often they show what the church ...

This question stems from my prior post " Sorry, But I Can't Stop Asking Questions ." This question is also one that many ...

Simple math: a church has a finite amount of money to spend. If a local body decides to pay a pastor a salary, then a large portion of...

Institutional churches have to take in a certain amount of money to pay for their primary expenses: building costs and pastoral salaries. T...

Most Give Buttons ask you to donate money to some sort of institutional ministry. Not this one. Instead, my Give Button is simply a re...

Much of the giving that takes place within the church is done under compulsion . Most of us have been told that it is required for us to ...

Does the tithe apply to Christians today? This is a significant question that needs an answer based in scripture as opposed to man's...

"Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, who testified to your love befo...

I've worn enough ties to last a lifetime. I'd be happy to get rid of all of them. In light of that, this comic seems to provide a...

"The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each on...