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Category Archives: Faith

Stewardship over tithing

Since I don’t know the Bible as well as I should, I Googled “jesus tithing” and came up with this article (http://www.ehow.com/about_4572423_what-does-jesus-say-tithing.html) which states that Jesus only mentions tithing three times and in each case, it’s a reprimand to the Pharisees, saying that tithing, in itself, does not sufficiently give evidence of a life lived [...]

Posted 24 December 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

My perspective on faith and the church

In recent years, I’ve tried to make this my guiding philosophy on how I live out my faith, especially with regards to my involvement in church:
“What happens within the context of the local church does not matter. What matters is how Christians impact the world outside the boundaries and walls of the church.”
This is important [...]

Posted 30 November 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

The Effective Church

I don’t write about religion very often because to most of my readers, religion (or more specifically, my religious beliefs) is not relevant and to some degree, offensive. Therefore, I don’t write about it because my relationships with people are not based on whether they are “potential conversion opportunities” and I don’t like to impose [...]

Posted 15 August 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

Consumption and Creation

I’ve heard a lot of anti-consumerism, anti-materialism talk recently and while I understand the intent, I think we need to be more cautious in our language. I think creating specific terms such as consumerism and materialism distract us from having a healthy perspective on being human. To be human is to be a consumer and [...]

Posted 06 July 2009 † Peter § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Religious Views: Christian

I think Facebook is a great way to learn about people you’ve just met or maybe you only know in contexts that make it difficult to get to know other parts of their lives. As I’m sure most of you know, some of the profile fields include “Relationship Status”, “Political Views”, “Favorite Books”, “Favorite Music”… [...]

Posted 11 April 2009 † Peter § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °