Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe
Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe
# 26: A very (very!) harsh reality: Evangelicals are unknowingly, unintentionally, unwittingly paying their leaders to immerse them into their contemporary (culturalized, modernized, convoluted) christianity that has no similarity to New Testament christianity. Result: a devalued christianity, a devalued relationship with Jesus Christ, a devalued eternity. Consider….
A high percentage of salaried pastors convince their congregations that the power of God revealed in the book of Acts is not available today. AND perhaps an equal percentage of salaried pastors convince their congregations the very opposite. There is no other conclusion except, painful as it might be, many salaried pastors are in serious fallacy, teaching their congregations a dangerous and harmful doctrine. And that’s just one example of many….
Some pastors teach Calvinism, others teach Arminianism. Some teach once-saved-always-saved and others teach otherwise. Some encourage praying in tongues and others say that is speaking gibberish. Etcetera, etcetera.
But pastors have much in common: All are salaried. All collect tithes. All control the pulpit. All are titled. All are credentialed religionists. None can be defined as New Testament christians. None will be able to give a good account to Judge Jesus at His judgement seat.