The Responsible Christian

  Warning, this is a hot topic and will result in much debate. Tithes historically pertain to farmers and food. So do we give a tenth of all our increase to the church or do we keep it all for ourselves? Let's answer this question without being to religious.  Religion has often lead people away from the God they believe in and into a system where people can place themselves over others in seats of power or manipulation. This ofcourse is why we don't trust tithes in the first place. Why then should we tithe? There is a biblical principle behind tithing. Hebrews 7:1-28   ESV  For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days n...

 As I watch the economy crash, under man made circumstances arguably, and fear becomes fore front in the minds of "believers" I have to wonder why we have forgotten "fear not" was commanded by Yahshua and YHVH. How have we lost our faith so easily?  Was it not long ago that we all had dreams of the future and carelessly wasting toilet paper? How quickly the people turn their hearts from God to the stimulus check. Where does thy help come from? Wisdom has been with us all along, wash your hands and dont touch your face. Wisdom is always speaking to us but we rarely listen. First I want to establish a spiritual lesson because that rings true in everyone's mind, but there is also a political perspective that must be addressed.  Wickedness does not care if you are Democrat or Republican, in fact it is the system that wickedness loves not how you view the system. Like the money system. Imagine a train robber stealing gold from a train and a sheriff protecting tha...