February 19th, 2012 → 11:26 am @ R. Renee
PROPOSITION: BASED UPON the tithe commandments of the Mosaic Law Jesus was not required to pay tithes. Objective: To show Christians that if tithing was not required of Jesus then it is not required of them. Introduction One of the misconceptions about the biblical tithe is that God required everyone to pay tithes. However, this is not [...]
February 12th, 2012 → 1:15 pm @ R. Renee
THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL is a doctrine that America exports around the world, especially to places such as Africa. Africa is a continent that is rich with all the natural resources humankind needs for survival. Yet, despite its wealth of natural resources, many of the people in Africa are living in poverty. So the Prosperity Gospel is [...]
December 7th, 2011 → 4:01 pm @ R. Renee
SOME PREACHERS ARE using mafia-style extortion tactics when they’re trying to get their congregations to tithe. Their gangster gospel makes God look like a Mafia boss. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT In the movie clip you just saw two representatives of a mafia boss are demanding payments from a local business in order to “protect” the [...]
December 2nd, 2011 → 12:01 pm @ R. Renee
SCRIPTURE TELLS US that God is no longer winking at our ignorance (Acts 17:30). And ignorance comes with a high price. Just ask Evander Holyfield. He “tithed” $20 million to his church and his mansion ended up in foreclosure. During an ESPN expose on the relationship between professional athletes and prosperity gospel preachers Holyfield was [...]
November 25th, 2011 → 4:01 pm @ R. Renee
MEGA CHURCH PREACHERS Joyce Meyer, Paula White, Benny Hinn, Bishop Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar and Kenneth Copeland were/are under a congressional investigation for alleged misuse of church funds ( YOUR tithes and offerings). One thing that each of these preachers have in common is that they teach tithing and/or the Prosperity Gospel to one extent or [...]
November 18th, 2011 → 12:01 pm @ R. Renee
Let’s face it, Wall Street big wigs aren’t the only ones responsible for the sub-prime lending scandal and the home foreclosure crisis. The Prosperity Gospel played a role too. During the height of the real estate boom, the Prosperity Gospel was also in an upswing. Some preachers were encouraging their congregations to “step out [...]
November 16th, 2011 → 4:01 pm @ R. Renee
SOME PREACHERS USE fear tactics as a means of coercing their congregations into paying so-called tithes or sowing financial seeds. Using fear to manipulate and/or control people’s behavior is actually a form of fear-based mind control. In the video I explore the influence of fear-based mind control in the Christian church. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Fear-based [...]
November 11th, 2011 → 4:01 am @ R. Renee
The issue of whether Christians should tithe is not just some theological debate in which scholar or wannabe scholar squabble over biblical scripture. The Tithing Doctrine (and the Prosperity Gospel) affect real people in a real way. There’s a serious downside to these doctrines that is rarely talked about in the Christian church. In [...]
November 9th, 2011 → 4:01 pm @ R. Renee
THE RISE OF Mega churches in recent years has spawned what I call the Church Growth Movement (or CGM). The CGM refers to the businesses/services geared toward helping pastors grow their churches. With all this emphasis on growing larger congregations and building bigger churches is the growth of the people in the churches being [...]
November 4th, 2011 → 12:01 pm @ R. Renee
NOWADAYS THE TITHE doctrine is like a religion unto itself. In other cases tithing is treated like a new deity on the scene. Some Christians are overzealous about tithing. If you tell them you don’t believe in tithing they act as if you just told them you don’t believe in God. Anyway, since writing The [...]
