The moving of God (was: tithing part 2)

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>>>>> "Tyler" == Tyler Nally <tnally@iquest.net> writes:

    Tyler> At 04:23 PM 2/22/98 -0600, Bro Brown wrote:
    >> I, Bro. Brown, drive neither Cadillac nor Lincoln, but rather
    >> Mercedes, and was only called to preach after graduate school
    >> in mathematics.  I was afraid of preaching because I knew most
    >> preachers did not make much money, but God convinced me he
    >> wanted me to preach anyway, so I said OK, Lord.

    Tyler> This is the same kind
    Tyler> of complaint that saints have when pastors/preachers accept
    Tyler> the offering/tithe money of the saints and then show up
    Tyler> with a brand new sparkly luxury car while the church needs
    Tyler> church pews or song books or educational materials or
    Tyler> kitchen pots, etc.

I guess it is only fair to say that my Mercedes was 10 years old when
I bought it, and that it already had 138,000 miles on it then.  It is
now 16 years old and has 248,000 miles on it.  My wife keeps telling
me I need to get it painted before it rusts away. :-)

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