tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592262.post113388553099576602..comments2024-01-29T10:28:23.734-06:00Comments on The Dawg Howse: Does it bother anyone else? (revised)Darrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12579856923781645517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592262.post-1135194940029030032005-12-21T13:55:00.000-06:002005-12-21T13:55:00.000-06:00If God's people lived 'within their means' and not...If God's people lived 'within their means' and not 'on credit' like the world the lack of funds at Christmas time, offering time, charity time, or any time there is a need for extra money, would not be an issue. <BR/><BR/>Christian's have bought into the idea of ‘if I can make the payment' instead of 'how much is it' and 'do I have the cash to pay for it'. Go to a car dealership and ask them how much a car is… 10 to 1 the answer will be ‘such & such a month’.<BR/><BR/><B>I want it and I want it now! --- lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life<BR/></B><BR/><I><BR/>Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.<BR/> 1 John 2:15-17<BR/></I><BR/><BR/><BR/><B>The day "we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ" will be a sorrowful day for the American-ized Christian, if he is even there...</B>Sean McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593743564639637335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592262.post-1133970066291043712005-12-07T09:41:00.000-06:002005-12-07T09:41:00.000-06:00I am greatly disturbed by this trend. If a person'...I am greatly disturbed by this trend. If a person's walk with God is so shallow that buying Christmas presents comes between them and God, what do they do when something serious happens?Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452689115839841493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592262.post-1133966653155284142005-12-07T08:44:00.000-06:002005-12-07T08:44:00.000-06:00Wow, that's pretty powerful stuff Bro. I've never...Wow, that's pretty powerful stuff Bro. I've never done the research (our church is only two years old) but that's an interesting (and disturbing) trend you've discovered. <BR/><BR/>Most of us teach on stewardship at the beginning of the year, but it would seem to make more sense to do it before the Christmas shopping frenzy- by the time we teach on stewardship, everybody has a mountain of Christmas credit card debt.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it so true that Jesus said "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." A sobering thought that we will all give account of our stewardship one Day.<BR/><BR/>God bless<BR/>-HMHHenry Haneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935972160238135879noreply@blogger.com