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This is just a 20-25 minute sermon from Fred Craddock on a list of names found in Romans 16:3-16. If I live to preach another 50 years I will never preach a sermon this good. http://www.cepreaching.org/fcraddock_romans16.mp3 Here are his books

This is (pretty much) the transcript for the sermon "Everything you've ever wanted to know about churches and money but were afraid to ask."  For the full audio click here . What’s a tithe? How much am I supposed to give?  to church?  to God? Who am I supposed to give to? How do I really “give to God?” If I give to Westside how is that giving to God? If you’ve ever said it yourself or are sick of hearing someone else say it, here is the sermon for you.  This is the “all the church talks about is money” sermon.  Well, not really.  What I’m attempting to do here is to talk frankly about what the Bible teaches about giving, money, tithes, and offerings.  So, to get us started let’s go to the last Old Testament book and check out a verse that mentions the big word - tithe. Tithes, Offerings, and Money in God’s church - Malachi 3:6-12 6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors

I’ve always hated lawnmowers.  I don’t hate mowing.  I hate having to own a lawnmower.  They are always breaking and you have to service them and they bite.  I have a love-hate relationship with them.  I don’t love them and I do hate them. So when I bought my first home 10 years ago I needed to get a lawnmower.  The days of dorm rooms and apartments were over.  I was into the homeowner phase of life.  I didn’t know where to get a lawnmower.  I didn’t know much about them.  (I still don’t.)  So my dad bought me a lawnmower.  Doesn’t that just sound right?  That is what dad’s do.  It was a nice mower too.  He bought it used from a John Deere dealership.  Wonderful push-lawn mower that cut the grass perfectly.  It’s still the most expensive mower I’ve owned. I cut the grass with that mower for a season.  The grass quit growing (when I still lived in Nebraska, Florida grows year round.  ugh.)  and I put the mower in my garage.  I went out the next spring and started it up.  I mowe