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16 January 2023 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Why are Hope Channel and 3ABN so cringy? We have talented Adventist media professionals, like the producers of The Record Keeper, for example. Can’t the church handle anything more innovative than prayer requests and Bible talk shows? Signed, Tired of cringing Dear Cringing, There was a time, in […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-why-is-3abn-so-old-fashioned-and-cringy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aunty-why-is-3abn-so-old-fashioned-and-cringy
par Thandazani Mhlanga | 10 janvier 2023 | Au Fort Saskatchewan, le 4 novembre 1960, à minuit, Robert Raymond Cook entreprend le voyage fatidique entre son cachot et le gibet qui l’attend – il est le dernier homme à être pendu dans la province de l’Alberta. Son procès (retransmis par les médias) ayant reposé sur […] Source: https://atoday.org/la-mort-duzza-a-qui-la-faute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-mort-duzza-a-qui-la-faute
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Because God is the owner of everything (Psalm 24:1), He obviously doesn’t need the money. But because the tithe is His, He tells us what to do with it, and that is to use His tithe for the support of the gospel ministry. And, therefore, the needs of the ministers are taken care of with God’s tithe.
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The tribe of Levi — the ministerial force in the Old Testament — was not given large properties, as were the rest of the tribes. Levi was given certain cities, including the cities of refuge, with enough land around them for personal gardens. They were supported by the tithes of the others, and they themselves also tithed their income.
Tithing is important because it helps us establish a relationship of trust with God. To take one-tenth of your income and “give it away” (though, technically, it belongs to God anyway) truly takes an act of faith, and only by exercising faith will your faith grow.
Think, for instance, about the end-times, too, when those who are faithful cannot buy or sell, as depicted in Revelation chapters 13-14 (see week 11). To have developed a trust in God and in His providences and power and love will be of paramount importance when it seems as if all the world is against us. Faithful tithing can surely help develop that trust. Even before then, how crucial for all of us to have learned to trust God, regardless of our situation.
A second big reason for financial faithfulness is to access the promised tangible blessings of God. As part of the tithing contract, God has promised blessings that are so large that we won’t have room enough to receive them. With our surplus, we can help others and help to support the work of God with our offerings.
| In what ways have you experienced the great truth that it is, indeed, “more blessed to give than to receive”? |
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15 January 2023 | Fake news and conspiracy theories are not new phenomena. They have been with us through the centuries. Jews, Muslims, Catholics, and secret societies have often been the subjects. Today these stories play an ever bigger role. Religious people of the more conservative variety appear to be especially susceptible for all kinds […] Source: https://atoday.org/new-atss-presents-recordings-now-posted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-atss-presents-recordings-now-posted
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