Paul’s 10th chapter of his 2nd letter to the Corinthians starts with an impassioned appeal to them. His appeal challenges us to consider the extent to which we (& others) are influenced by the way people try to influence others to accept and believe what they are saying! Let us ponder the way we (& others) try to influence other people to believe us! The worst example is ...

    Throughout the Old Testament, especially from the time of the Law of Moses, tithing became an established principle for God’s nation.  But we must remember that this was a law for a nation.  When the nation chose to have kings there were additional financial burdens. The situation with Christianity was quite different, believers became a spiritual nation (1 Peter 2 v.9) but ...