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Magical Rites

By Jeremy Myers
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Magical Rites

There is a world religion in which the people believe they can please God by performing certain rites. An outside observer who knew nothing of the teaching and tradition about these rites might think that they were magical ceremonies. Two rites in particular are important to this religion, and in both cases, the rites do appear to be magical in nature.
Give up your rites

Both rites are presided over by a person who usually wears some sort of special clothing or robes. To begin the rites, he speaks arcane words over various elements which will be used for the rites. These words are thought to instill special spiritual qualities into the physical elements which make them particularly effective for this rite. After the words of power have been spoken by this cleric, the practitioners of this religion who wish to participate in the rite are invited forward.

The practitioners have a part to play in these rites as well. They have usually been instructed beforehand on the special clothing they must wear, and the words they must speak. They are told that if they perform their part correctly, God will be pleased, and they will receive special power, abilities, and blessings from God. If, however, they perform their part in the rite incorrectly, God will make them sick, and may even strike them dead.
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100,000 Words

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100,000 Words

The average 300-page novel is about 75,000 words long. In the book I am writing, Close Your Church for Good, I passed 100,000 words today….

100000 words

That’s not good. I am going to need some serious editing to get it into proper book length. On the other hand, this has never been a proper book, and I am not planning on publishing it in the proper way…. more on that later.

Regardless, you can see in the screenshot that I have three chapters left to write in the book, and I am starting the chapter on Baptism and the Lord’s supper called “Give Up Your Rites.” I will try to post the first part of this chapter later today.


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The Relational Tithe

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The Relational Tithe

This is the final post in the series on tithing.

I decided I would close it out with some further resources to help you learn how to “tithe” from your income in the ways that have been suggested in this series…. that is, by personally helping people in need.

I mention a few books below, and I am giving away one of them away for free to someone on the newsletter list. I meant to have my next free ebook out by now, but since it is not ready, I will enter all newsletter subscribers into a drawing for a free copy of 101 Ways to Help People in Need by Steve and Janie Sjogren. I will select the winner of the book on Tuesday, so subscribe today!

help people in need

Helpful resources for loving others

At the top of the list are some blog posts by Sam Riviera at GraceGround.com. He has written a helpful and insightful series of blogs posts on โ€œGetting to Know Your Neighborโ€ and another series on โ€œBeing the Church in the Communityโ€ which are full of practical suggestions on developing relationships with people in your neighborhood, and looking for tangible ways to love and serve them. I cannot recommend these blog posts enough.

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How to Meet Big Needs

By Jeremy Myers
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How to Meet Big Needs

When there is a need with millions of people involved, there are only two choices.

First, an organization can be formed which raises millions of dollars and throws money at the faceless masses, hoping against hope that some of it โ€œsticksโ€ and a few people are helped. The second option is that millions of people can go out and develop loving relationships with these millions of people with needs, so that love and service is partnered with financial assistance and education, when and where it is needed.

How to Meet Big Needs

In the first instance, all that is usually accomplished is the mass of needy people become a mass of dependent people. Nothing really changes in their lifestyle or outlook. Millions of dollars cannot be managed properly to meet individual needs, or to provide any long term solutions. It is impossible.

In the second instance, where individual relationships are developed in the process of helping individual needs, the mass of needy people are transformed through loving personal relationships, in which they are coached and trained to make any necessary changes in their life, or just provided with the means, resources, and personal accountability to climb up to the next step. And in return, the people who serve and help others gain a sense of satisfaction, significance, and joy, because they have done something more with their lives than sign their name on a check.
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The Corporate Church Goes Bust

By Jeremy Myers
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The Corporate Church Goes Bust

Corporate Church ModelAt the center of Godโ€™s Kingdom are relationships.

Relationships are the focus of His plan for accomplishing His purposes on earth. One of the greatest downfalls of the modern church era is the movement away from genuine relationships, and into the corporate model of the church where we think the most important thing is to increase our market share, and expand our influence through size, numbers, and a year-over-year increase in attendance and giving.

I would not be too surprised to see the day when a church has an IPO and begins selling stock to investors.

Robert Farrar Capon says it best when he concludes his analysis of the corporate church model by saying this: โ€œThe corporate model is, hands down, the worst thing that ever happened to the church.”

Yet we have adopted the corporate model because we think big churches can do everything better. We feel that big problems require big answers and big bank accounts to offer big solutions. And to get the big bank accounts, we need big donors, so we can pool lots of money to make the biggest difference in a big world of big needs.

Bigger is not always better

But as more and more churches are beginning to understand, this โ€œbig is betterโ€ approach does not work. At least, not for Godโ€™s way of doing things.

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