Reference no: EM13945318
I had an interesting and robust discussion with some Christian friends. We discussed that some Christians believe that it is wrong to accumulate wealth. Savings demonstrates a lack of faith. One friend believes we all should give all our money away and live frugally. He also believes that it is wrong to live comfortably while others go hungry, or while mission causes go unfunded. I, and several of my other friends in the discussion, believe that God has given us the ability to make money and we should give but still enjoy the fruits of our labours. Yet, I know there are others who believe that we should not even tithe to our local church until we are prompted by the Holy Spirit and then give spontaneously as we feel prompted, thus planned giving to support our local church is wrong because it is not "Spirit-led." In light of this interesting discussion I had with my friends, I am looking for Biblical and/or theologian referenced answers to the following questions:
1) What place does giving have in the Christian life?
2) Is the tithe to the local church enough or should every Christian give more?
3. What are some principles that should guide any giving above the tithe?
4) Should additional giving go to the local church only, or to other causes as well?
5) How should Christians balance giving for mission causes vs. giving to help the poor?
6) Is it ever right to deprive your local church of God's tithe in order to give to other needs?
|
Effects on the physical properties of substances
: Types of intermolecular forces and their effects on the physical properties of substances (boiling point, freeze point, melting point, vapor pressure) properties of liquids properties of solids
|
|
Conduct of an ecological risk assessment
: For this assignment, you are assuming that you have been engaged by an organisation to provide them with a project scoping document for the conduct of an ecological risk assessment.
|
|
Describe the various types of management careers
: Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging, and food and beverage). Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two industries
|
|
What is the mean of x
: Let X equal the number who prefer to date nonsmokers and Y equal the number who prefer to date smokers. What is the mean of X?
|
|
What place does giving have in the christian life
: Should additional giving go to the local church only, or to other causes as well? How should Christians balance giving for mission causes vs. giving to help the poor?
|
|
A lewis structure that satisfies the octet rule does not le
: Consider the following statement: "For some molecules and ions, a Lewis structure that satisfies the octet rule does not lead to the lowest formal charges, and a Lewis structure that leads to the lowest formal charges does not satisfy the octet rule...
|
|
Similarities and differences in the form of the function
: Explain how exponential functions can model both phenomena that grow and phenomena that decay. Note the main similarities and differences in the form of the function in each case.
|
|
Compute the geometric average of the rates of return
: You purchased 100 shares of ABC stock for $20 per share. One year later you received cash dividends of $1 per share and sold the stock for $22 per share. Your holding-period return was _______________. Compute the geometric average of the following r..
|
|
Discuss the 7-s model in relation to a company
: Discuss the 7-S model in relation to a company of your choice. The company can be from anywhere in the world. In your answer you will need to discuss the seven steps to success and how organisations achieve success in today's market place
|