When God Calls Someone A Fool

Fool. I remember first coming across that term when the character in The A-Team called B. A. Baracus used it usually to Murdock. It hardly sounded like a positive term of reference. (Neither did being called a ‘sucka’, which is knowledge I retained for use at school which met with mixed reactions. Some laughed at […]

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Giving What Is Needed

2 Corinthians is a fascinating letter. Somewhere around the middle of it, Paul implores the church to join in the giving scheme. I read that section of scripture and am bothered about giving. Paul is not talking about tithing or anything like that, he’s talking about organising aid for those fellow believers suffering elsewhere. His […]

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Tithing Holiness

There are some who wholeheartedly believe in the principle of tithing.  The denomination to which I belong suppports the concept and uses it as one of the practices that informs church life.  My own position on tithing based on that small matter of reading scripture and noting what the whole counsel says leads me to […]

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MTP28 – The Fate Of The Stingy

The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. (Proverbs 28:22) Stingy people.  Ever come across them?  Eager to keep stuff to themselves.  Conveniently never have anything to offer in the hope that they can amass it for themselves.  The wisdom of this proverb is profound.  It is not just material […]

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MTP18 – It Is Better To Give …

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great. (Proverbs 18:16) The ability to give is not something to be underestimated.  Some complain about having nothing to give, yet everyone has something to give.  Maybe it’s time, attention, an ability to help someone in some way.  It could be material or spiritual.  The […]

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