Comments on: Who Do You Pay First? http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/ Your Biblical Guide to Personal Finance Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jacob http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/#comment-178 Jacob Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:56:25 +0000 http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=316#comment-178 I guess so. I just don't trust organized religion so when people say I should give a percentage rather than an amount, I get angry, ya know? I guess so. I just don’t trust organized religion so when people say I should give a percentage rather than an amount, I get angry, ya know?

]]> By: Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/#comment-177 Derek Clark Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:50:45 +0000 http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=316#comment-177 The key is being at a church that helps people. My church has all kinds of great ministries that help many people from all walks of life. If you are part of a church that doesn't help people, you should be working to change it, or working on finding a new church. If you want to give money to other charities that do a better job of helping that is ok with me. I don't think there is any one person I'm going to give 10% of my income to, and I don't have the time right now to find all the different people I would want to give to. As such, I look for a church and other charities that are accomplishing things that I think are good and worthy causes. The church isn't the building, it is the people that make it up. I know them and I know the things that are being done with the money. Individuals that God created are benefiting greatly. If they weren't, I'd be going to a different church. (Yes I realize some of it goes to keeping the lights on, but that is something that is necessary to the other ministries). The key is being at a church that helps people. My church has all kinds of great ministries that help many people from all walks of life. If you are part of a church that doesn’t help people, you should be working to change it, or working on finding a new church.

If you want to give money to other charities that do a better job of helping that is ok with me. I don’t think there is any one person I’m going to give 10% of my income to, and I don’t have the time right now to find all the different people I would want to give to. As such, I look for a church and other charities that are accomplishing things that I think are good and worthy causes.

The church isn’t the building, it is the people that make it up. I know them and I know the things that are being done with the money. Individuals that God created are benefiting greatly. If they weren’t, I’d be going to a different church. (Yes I realize some of it goes to keeping the lights on, but that is something that is necessary to the other ministries).

]]> By: Jacob http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/#comment-176 Jacob Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:28:51 +0000 http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=316#comment-176 But, if all of the money is God's, why are you giving it to a church? I am cool for giving it to God, but how do you know that the church is the right place? Wouldn't it be more advantageous to that 10% and instead help a person out? At least that way, you're helping an individual God created -- if that is what you so believe -- rather than helping a building. Just seems so far fetched to me. But, if all of the money is God’s, why are you giving it to a church? I am cool for giving it to God, but how do you know that the church is the right place? Wouldn’t it be more advantageous to that 10% and instead help a person out? At least that way, you’re helping an individual God created — if that is what you so believe — rather than helping a building. Just seems so far fetched to me.

]]> By: Derek Clark http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/#comment-175 Derek Clark Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:52:27 +0000 http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=316#comment-175 Yeah I completely agree. Even though we've been putting all our extra money towards debt, it was never a consideration not to keep giving. It's all his anyways, it shouldn't be that hard to give 10%. Yeah I completely agree. Even though we’ve been putting all our extra money towards debt, it was never a consideration not to keep giving. It’s all his anyways, it shouldn’t be that hard to give 10%.

]]> By: Carlos Frank http://www.christiancommoncents.com/2010/04/03/who-do-you-pay-first/#comment-174 Carlos Frank Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:46:03 +0000 http://www.christiancommoncents.com/?p=316#comment-174 Great post Derek: The topic of giving & tithing is a very polarizing one these days and I like the way you address it on this post. I like what you said so much in on paragraph that I don't even what to summarize it but will repeat it here: "Where does God fit into your financial priorities? Do you feel it is important to give God your best and first, or some of the best? Consider that God gave his best, his first and only son, for you and me. The least we can do is to give our first and best back to him." It's tough for me to give our God who gave us his best our "left overs" (Net). Great post Derek: The topic of giving & tithing is a very polarizing one these days and I like the way you address it on this post. I like what you said so much in on paragraph that I don’t even what to summarize it but will repeat it here:

“Where does God fit into your financial priorities? Do you feel it is important to give God your best and first, or some of the best? Consider that God gave his best, his first and only son, for you and me. The least we can do is to give our first and best back to him.”

It’s tough for me to give our God who gave us his best our “left overs” (Net).

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