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Why are you uncomfortable or unwilling to discussing the financial expectations of your church?

I have been completely open, in that we are expected to give our all in all. If one does that then what does it matter what dollar amount that comes to at the end of the year? What if my less than 1/2 effort is greater than than what another puts in over a life time? Who's gift is valued greater by God? (their is an actual parable to this senerio.) It was a compareson between a lowly old woman who gave what amounts to 1/2 a cent (but it was all she had) against a pharasee who made a big deal about the 'large gift' that he gave which amounted to less than what he could have done.

I've saved you the trouble here in tring to lable me a pharasee and have given myself this title. Because I know my giving is not where it should be. I have in the past given all that i was and had. It's harder to do that with employees and a nearly all consuming business to run.

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Or does he literally mean everything, like Jesus said about selling everthing you own? (I doubt it, but who knows)

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The order issued by Christ was to the deciples. The only one who need sell all that he has and follow Him is one looking to literally follow Christ.

Blah,blah,blah more christian three card monty,shuck and jive bullshit. The going rate in Christianland is 10% of your gross income. Of course your never explicity told this ,your just made to "feel" this way. I've got more than a couple idiot relatives chin deep in this lie and a couple of them own me money for bills they couldn't pay. ......Or maybe the big guys just testing them.......yeah give me some of that koolaid papa Jim Jones and make it a double....Now you can retort with the standard " I can't speak all christians but in my little neck of the woods.yada...yada...yada