In Second Macabees, the writer reckunts how soon before the persecutions preceding the Macabean revolt accoured, word came to the governor that the temple had much money within it, and he sent his treasurer Heliodorus with guards to take it.
After demanding to be given it, the high priest...
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Pastors, how do you tithe? Do you give at the church you pastor? Do you give to certain funds there? Do you give elsewhere?
While we're at it, do you give each Lord's Day?
Ought we to give 10% of our income to the Lord via the Church, or tithe?
The modern discussion has been clouded by anti-nomianism on the one hand (that God's moral law does not oblige us) and fundamentalism on the other, with a 'literal' and simplistic hermeneutic of the Bible.
Does the...
Should a church have a savings account? Should it have a large one? How much is enough? How much is too much?
Or should all of the tithes after paying the pastor and maintaining the building be sent to missions?
If a church collects a lot more than needed for salary and maintenance, is...