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How can a church justify spending millions on a building? |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on May 20th, 2008 under Money, NewLife. [ Comments: 2 ]
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Every few months or so, I get a letter from the denomination that I am licensed by with a plea to help a church that needs to make repairs on their building. A few months ago, the letter was regarding a church in New Hampshire which meets in one of those old Congregational church buildings you see on every town green in New England. Apparently the pillars that supported the roof were sinking into the ground, and things had gotten so bad that the building was deemed unsafe to meet in. Long story short, it the church was going to need about $500,000-$750,000 to get the building into usable shape again.
Wow.
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American Idols II: The Mall |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on January 8th, 2008 under American culture, Money. [ Comments: 1 ]
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Last week, I defined an idol as something other than God that we are tempted to worship, emulate, or believe will save us. I’m specifically interested over this next month in discerning what the most obvious American Idols are and how they have distorted our understanding of the gospel and what it means to follow Jesus. For each idol, I plan on uncovering its temple so that we can unmask this idolatry in all of its phony glory. So without further ado, here is Idol #1:
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Who wants money from heaven? |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on October 16th, 2007 under Money, Prosperity Gospel. [ Comments: 2 ]
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*** Warning – the following essay contains some graphic & disturbing photos, as well as some words that will hopefully disturb you ***
(The setting is a dusty road in Africa. An American preacher, dressed in suit and tie, opens his Bible and begins to address the crowd)
“I’m here this morning to tell you that God is calling you up higher in your life. God has great things planned for you. All He’s asking of you this morning is to believe it – to believe that He has great things in store for His children. He’s asking you to claim His promises, to stand on the truth that He is a good God who wants to bless you. Praise be to God… give the Lord a hand clap this morning”
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C’mon God, where’s my Mansion??? |
| Posted by Eric Stillman on April 3rd, 2007 under Money, Prosperity Gospel. [ Comments: 13 ]
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Would you believe that any self-respecting pastor could live in a $3.6 million mansion without expecting lightning bolts from heaven to rip through his helipad and indoor bowling alley? Apparently there is at least one such pastor out there… this week, I thought I’d share with you a March 17th Detroit News article that is worthy of reflection and discussion, and then share some of my thoughts on the article.
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