Comments on: Christians don’t give away enough money http://andrewnoble.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/christians-dont-give-away-enough-money/ Andrew's thoughts on life, faith and everything else Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Clark Bunch http://andrewnoble.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/christians-dont-give-away-enough-money/#comment-7 Clark Bunch Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:47:41 +0000 http://andrewnoble.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-7 How many churches raise money to send a few kids on a "mission trip" for a week or two? It costs thousands of dollars to send each person overseas to hand out tracks and come back with a t-shirt. A local pastor in India could run his entire church for a year on what we spend sending short-term mission trippers for part of a summer. How many churches raise money to send a few kids on a “mission trip” for a week or two? It costs thousands of dollars to send each person overseas to hand out tracks and come back with a t-shirt. A local pastor in India could run his entire church for a year on what we spend sending short-term mission trippers for part of a summer.

]]> By: Clark Bunch http://andrewnoble.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/christians-dont-give-away-enough-money/#comment-6 Clark Bunch Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:44:55 +0000 http://andrewnoble.wordpress.com/?p=121#comment-6 I think Jesus is telling us not to worry about the future, but certainly doesn't mean for us to ignore it completly either. In the story of building on a solid foundation, we see a guy who definately planned ahead. Anxiety is not going to help anything, because it's all in God's hands. American Christianity is just the same as "Christianity." We are affected by the culture we live in. Only in America would we build a multi-million dollar adition to a building, while thousands of people die yearly simply from not having clean drinking water. The Crystal Cathedral? The Compaq Center, er, Lakewood Church? Jesus was a carpenter, but I don't think he would build those. I think Jesus is telling us not to worry about the future, but certainly doesn’t mean for us to ignore it completly either. In the story of building on a solid foundation, we see a guy who definately planned ahead. Anxiety is not going to help anything, because it’s all in God’s hands.

American Christianity is just the same as “Christianity.” We are affected by the culture we live in. Only in America would we build a multi-million dollar adition to a building, while thousands of people die yearly simply from not having clean drinking water. The Crystal Cathedral? The Compaq Center, er, Lakewood Church? Jesus was a carpenter, but I don’t think he would build those.

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