In a groundbreaking stewardship initiative, the sound team at Oakridge Seventh-day Adventist Church has reportedly embedded subliminal messages into their instrumental hymn tracks, causing an unexpected surge in tithe returns and very confused first-time visitors. The tech-savvy sound team discovered they could layer barely audible “tithe now” messages between verses of “We Give Thee But […]
by Loren Seibold | 30 November 2023 A question arose not long ago in a Facebook group that Carmen and I follow: should a pastor, someone asked, check his church members’ contribution records to make sure they are giving faithful tithes and offerings? I was a bit alarmed by how many of my pastoral colleagues […]
by Rich Hannon | 12 May 2023 | Consider for a moment the various ways you spend money. The most familiar, because it’s also the most frequent, is to purchase some “goods.” I put that word in quotes because it is frequently used, in economics, as part of the phrase “goods and services.” A “good” […]
by Admiral Ncube | 2 February 2023 Going by the reactions on social media and reports from many churches, lesson 3 of the current Adult Sabbath School Study guide left more controversy than conviction. Entitled “The Tithing Contract,” the lesson attempted to affirm the importance and validity of tithing in the Christian’s life. Already foreseeing […]