Archive for the ‘giving’ Category
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Today I came across a bit of information that I had not heard before. According to Ric Edelman in his book "The Lies About Money", he mentioned that there is no gift tax limit when you make a check payable to an institution (like a college). I'm no estate tax ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
I'm a relatively patient person, but I was not able to wait to get Spend Til' The End from my local library. In my defense I did request it from the library, but they didn't have many copies and I was put in queue behind 50+ other people. I waited ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Gross.
Clear enough? :-) People argue this point from a variety of angles, and I'm the first to admit that tithing on net income would be a lot easier than on gross income. It's just too bad that the "net income" approach isn't Biblical.
Proverbs 3:9-10 says:
9 Honor the LORD with your ...
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Sunday, May 10th, 2009
There are some misconceptions floating around regarding the tithe. In particular I'm referring to how tithe funds are used by the receiving organization, and who the tithe should be given to in the first place.
Malachi 3:10 (New International Version, from BibleGateway.com)
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there ...
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