Christians, how could David be called a man after God's own heart when he committed murder and adultery?

Your assertion here is simply not logical. Your point that selling property would save lives just doesn't hold water, either. If this were the case, we'd take the sick to shopping malls or garage sales.

And if we were ALL to follow your advice, who exactly would be buying all of this property that we're selling? Jesus called on his followers to give up everything else to follow him. That didn't mean that Jesus hated rich people.

And it didn't mean that Jesus didn't want anyone to own property (for instance, his disciples owned fishing boats and equipment, he had both wealthy and impoverished followers, and he was even buried by a rich man.) Jesus' point was that nothing else should be more important to us than knowing Jesus, and that we should show Jesus' love to others in word and in deed. It is money and property that enabled the father of one of my daughter's friends to pay for medical school, leave his medical practice, and take up part time residence in Haiti to provide medical care there. It is money that has enabled an old friend from high school to repeatedly go to Honduras to preach the gospel and minister to poor people there by helping to arrange American support.

It is money that has enabled an old friend and a group of about 100 people to go to Guatemala this week -- they are there right now -- to build a school. It is money that has enabled a group from my own church to go to the Dominican Republic to serve others and provide sports equipment -- old baseball bats, gloves, etc. -- to kids who play ball with a folded-up milk carton. It's money that enables a very simple yet profoundly effective ministry -- the filling of shoeboxes with essential supplies like toothbrushes and writing tools to be sent around the world -- to continue.

The list goes on and on. Not everyone can go overseas and minister to others. Some ministry happens locally, too.

But it's the same dollars that pay for it. Some people do the work themselves. (I think that everyone should do some.) But some don't do the work directly; instead they provide the funds that enable others to do the work, and to that extent they're equal partners in those ministries.

Now, every single one of the ministries I've listed above -- and those are just a few -- are paid for by local churches and individuals. There's no "real" charity footing the bill. Churches function on volunteer time; as such they're exceptionally MORE cost efficient than even the best charities.

So even on this point of yours, I disagree.

By giving to the Churches, it is supposed to go to charity. You know what the real problem is? Not everyone qualifies for government handouts, and not everyone can get, or hold a job all the time.

We need to donate. Donations should not be taxed. Everyone should realize that they jump on Christians first, other religions second or not at all.

If you are one of God's children, he will meet your every need. Tell the homeless that they should accept Jesus and the Bible.

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