Russell Kelly responded via email to my last post on tithing. He had problems with the "math question" (which I will discuss below.) But I will reproduce his email and my response. You have a lot of verbiage but little concrete content. I am not sure what your postilion is on tithing, but it seems …
Pickett’s Charge and Tithing
Russell Earl Kelly was quick to respond to my piece The Backlash Against Tithing. But, like our Confederate ancestors at places like Gettysburg, he may have charged without properly assessing what was in front of him. Let me start by reiterating one important point that Dr. Kelly has obviously missed: I do not say that …
The Backlash Against Tithing
As my church's Finance Committee chairman, the article about The Backlash Against Tithing (also here) certainly hits home. It's something I deal with all the time, especially at budget season. At one time in evangelical churches, people tithed first and then gave offerings on top of that. Today people are more likely to mentally allocate …
The Society for a Moratorium on the Music of Marty Haugen and David Haas Has Finally Won
One of the more hilarious sites on the Web relating to Roman Catholicism is the Society for a Moratorium on the Music of Marty Haugen and David Haas, or SMMMHDH for short. When it started, the Society made the following claim: The Society is awaiting pontifical approval from the Holy See as a pious sodality. …
A Special Thanksgiving Verse
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. (Proverbs 3:9, 10) The special opening sentence for Thanksgiving from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
Next Time, Try SSH of an ISO
Chances are, most of you have no idea what the title of this posting means. But a few people in the United Kingdom (may not be united for much longer) need to learn that meaning quickly when moving their CD-ROM's around, as now they have lost two of them with the confidential data of half …
Some Things Look Great on Paper. And Then…
Zack has an interesting response to my posting More on the Fairness of God, both on this blog and on his own Mutantcheez. Let me respond in turn to a couple of his comments. Paul goes on to talk in the letter about how Abraham is considered righteous based on his faith in God, and …
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Goats Get Grade Of A-Plus
The city of Chattanooga, TN, has engaged the services of goats to clean up kudzu, and the goats get a grade of A-Plus. Too bad the politicians can't manage the same thing... The problem here is that the goats are doing what they do best: eating everything that's in front of them. When the politicians …
If They Can’t Speak English, It’s the Employer’s Call
John Fund's piece on the efforts by some House Democrats to force organisations like the Salvation Army to hire people who can't speak English (or won't do so all the time on the job) is a good reason why I have lost faith in the whole "anti-discrimination" portion of our laws. Having run a business, …
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Falling off the fence
One of my father's consistent gripes about the Episcopal Church--a gripe usually made specifically about our Rector at Bethesda--is that its ministers rode the fence too hard, never took a stand on anything, etc. That "strategy" (if it can be dignified by that name) lost TEC many members, but it also won it a few …
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