Q & A: The Awful Evangelical Tithe (Part 2)
Q: How awful is awful?
A: It’s arguably the most appalling evangelical tradition.
Q: Why is the evangelical tithe so awful?
A: Jesus: “Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.”
Q: And?
A: Collecting tithes is collecting little pieces of
your heart.
Q: Is that how they capture our affection?
A: And loyalty. And obedience.
Q: Obedience?
A: Instead of obeying Christ’s commission to reach
the world’s unsaved, evangelicals obey the
decrees of evangelicalism.
Q: Such as?
A: Subsidizing building and the pastor’s salary. Etcetera.
Q: Etcetera?
A: The secretary and janitor. Re-pave the parking lot.
Air conditioning. An on and on.
Q: Are you saying evangelicalism is a poor investment?
A: Evangelicalism costs more than money, much more.
Q: What do you mean?
A: Evangelicalism costs souls.
Q: Souls? Like really? How can that be?
A: Expenses are paid by money plundered from the
Great Commission.