Comments on: Giving tithes ensures a believer will be rich? http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html A blog about current events from a Christian perspective. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-65 casey Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-65 <p>Exactly, Dana. Christians are suffering all over the world. We may not see so much of it in the US, but faithful Christians are suffering every day. I wonder if the prosperity movement is limited to the US (and a few other prosperous nations with believers who have been influenced by US preachers)...</p> Exactly, Dana. Christians are suffering all over the world. We may not see so much of it in the US, but faithful Christians are suffering every day. I wonder if the prosperity movement is limited to the US (and a few other prosperous nations with believers who have been influenced by US preachers)…

]]> By: Dana http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-63 Dana Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:49:24 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-63 <p>I have never understood how these kinds of people explain the martyrs. Or any suffering by Christians, for that matter. Why do atheists ever live past childhood? Their lives should be full of hopeless misery while Christians are all wealthy and happy.</p> <p>But it doesn't always work out that way, so something must be flawed with the view.</p> I have never understood how these kinds of people explain the martyrs. Or any suffering by Christians, for that matter. Why do atheists ever live past childhood? Their lives should be full of hopeless misery while Christians are all wealthy and happy.

But it doesn’t always work out that way, so something must be flawed with the view.

]]> By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-55 casey Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:20:44 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-55 Thanks for the comment, Harmony. I don't agree with bargaining with God, either (not that I haven't done it before). If I tell God I'll do something for him if he'll do something for me and I end up getting the thing I asked for, is God giving it to me because I promised something in return, or is he giving it to me out of grace? I'd be more inclined to believe the latter. Thanks for the comment, Harmony. I don’t agree with bargaining with God, either (not that I haven’t done it before). If I tell God I’ll do something for him if he’ll do something for me and I end up getting the thing I asked for, is God giving it to me because I promised something in return, or is he giving it to me out of grace? I’d be more inclined to believe the latter.

]]> By: Harmony http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-54 Harmony Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:14:41 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/tithes_and_blessings.html#comment-54 This is a very good, thought provoking post. Our works do not gain us salvation, but God does bless us for putting our faith in Him. He won't always bless us in the way we wish to be blessed and He won't always answer our prayers in the way we want them answered, but He will always be there for us during th hard and good times. A friend of mine and her husband have been going through a lot of financial problems with their house lately, among other things. They were in need of a new car. When her husband was watching a CHristian broadcast one night, he felt led to promise the Lord that if God would just provide the money He would use a certain amount of it to tithe. God gave him the money. This is a very good, thought provoking post. Our works do not gain us salvation, but God does bless us for putting our faith in Him. He won’t always bless us in the way we wish to be blessed and He won’t always answer our prayers in the way we want them answered, but He will always be there for us during th hard and good times. A friend of mine and her husband have been going through a lot of financial problems with their house lately, among other things. They were in need of a new car. When her husband was watching a CHristian broadcast one night, he felt led to promise the Lord that if God would just provide the money He would use a certain amount of it to tithe. God gave him the money.

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