Posted on 08/22/2008 9:19:50 PM PDT by restornu
Tithing picks up among Christian business owners Charities, both religious and secular, benefit as entrepreneurs give them a portion of their profits
Contractor Tom Barry stopped at the Cup of Joy Cafe in Wasco on his way to a job site on a rainy Thursday afternoon and bought a small latte.
Barry chatted with owner Chris Fisher for a few minutes, then stepped to a set of boxes mounted on a wall and stuffed his receipt into a box that benefits King's Garden Orphanage in Haiti. The orphanage got a 21-cent donation, and Fisher got a warm glow in his heart that he says comes from tithing the gross sales of his cafe to an array of faith-based and secular charities.
"Tithing feels good," said the Wasco entrepreneur, who tithes the personal income he gets from his newsletter publishing business to his church and doesn't depend on the cafe's profits to support himself.
"It really feels nice to do something for someone besides myself," Fisher said. "I can't tell you the peace it gives me to know what matters in life."
Fisher is part of a rare but growing breed of business owners who earmark a percentage of their profits for churches or other charities as an act of religious piety. Corporate tithing has become more common among Christian business owner....
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
CTR!:)
And “tithing” is not a New Testament concept. It is not meant for Christians...the only giving a Christian is asked to do is a free will offering as an act of worship and thanksgiving.
And “tithing” is not a New Testament concept.
It is not meant for Christians...the only giving a Christian is asked to do is a free will offering as an act of worship and thanksgiving.
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Another Plain and Another Plain and Precious Truth in dispute among the descendants of Abraham!
That's real ecumenical of you to say so, Resty.
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Yes it is since we are all descendants of Abraham.
I agree with you. The tithe is God’s. “Offerings” are what goes elsewhere (though you can give offerings to the church).
Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought that the whole purpose of the Old Testament (and the prophets found therein) was to testify about the coming of the Messiah. If that is the case, aren’t all those in the Old Testament really Christians, as they believed and looked forward to the coming of Christ the Savior? I would like to think that Christianity didn’t begin after Christ, but before when all of the prophets testified about His coming and His mission.
That is my view, and with it, I accept the law of the tithe as found in the Old Testament as a law for Christians today, just as it was law for ancient Christians.
I will add that true Christians give because of their love of God and others. This often leads to giving more than the tithe. I also live the “Thou Shalts” found in the Old Testament. Are they not laws for Christians because they are in the Old Testament?
God also loves a cheerful giver.
Since conforming with New Testament concepts seems so important to you, can we assume you have done the following:
Acts 4
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
If so, just who were the apostles you gave the money to?
Others might disagree with you, but not us Mormons:
Moses 5
6 And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me.
7 And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth.
8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son, and thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.
9 And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth record of the Father and the Son, saying: I am the Only Begotten of the Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast fallen thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.
10 And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.
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