tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post9165615504416376005..comments2024-03-23T22:54:58.661-04:00Comments on FBC Jax Watchdogs: Top Story of 2011: Ramping up the "First Fruits" Tithing Doctrine Amongst the Emergents and the SBCFBC Jax Watchdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10740366031265491559noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-22219187898925007852012-01-05T18:35:49.454-05:002012-01-05T18:35:49.454-05:00Tom, check out Jeff Brumley's blog in todays J...Tom, check out Jeff Brumley's blog in todays Jacksonville.com website. It's titled "Are changes coming for Mac Brunson, First Baptist church". Hopefully change is on the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-41327091543011181632012-01-04T02:10:24.557-05:002012-01-04T02:10:24.557-05:00How did the Watchdog miss this gem?
The Tithe Dec...How did the Watchdog miss this gem?<br /><br />The <b>Tithe</b> Declaration:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Y9-vxtSxU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Y9-vxtSxU</a><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-12977480889172842012012-01-04T00:31:25.221-05:002012-01-04T00:31:25.221-05:00congratulations on your anniversary as well! Wishi...congratulations on your anniversary as well! Wishing you another 25, at least! <br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-45583264289192511772012-01-04T00:06:50.891-05:002012-01-04T00:06:50.891-05:00Happy New Year Tom
I will be seeking your help in...Happy New Year Tom<br /><br />I will be seeking your help in the comming days. I have been focusing on soul winning and would like your support.<br /><br />I will be praying for you and all of those who will be enterested in watching the Holy Spirit perform some soul winning miracles.<br /><br />Me? I'm just an ole guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-38526480900459445212012-01-03T23:38:03.944-05:002012-01-03T23:38:03.944-05:00Happy New Year to you D, and to all of you that re...Happy New Year to you D, and to all of you that read the blog!<br /><br />2012 should be a very interesting year, and I look forward to continuing the blog into its 6th year!<br /><br />Had a great 2-week vacation over the holidays, celebrated 25 years of marriage with my wonderful wife on a cruise - not to the Holy Land or Med - and took some time to visit NYC with the entire family. <br /><br />Ready to resume my normal schedule!FBC Jax Watchdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740366031265491559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-36595782049773383002012-01-03T23:07:08.442-05:002012-01-03T23:07:08.442-05:00Happy New Year Tom!
Just want to echo several of ...Happy New Year Tom!<br /><br />Just want to echo several of the other anons by saying thank you for your blog ministry. I have been so blessed, and grown so much as a Christian, from reading here. Your blog has been used more than any of us probably realize, and I for one hope you continue. Blessings to you and your family for a wonderful year. <br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-43756941562745018172012-01-03T20:30:35.623-05:002012-01-03T20:30:35.623-05:00I actually agree with Tom that if you are determin...I actually agree with Tom that if you are determined to stay under a mega-church pastor then quit giving and the money will dry up and they will move on. My suggestion is save your tithe and then give it on the first Sunday when they are gone. I'm sure Mac can find plenty of other places that want to be abused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-10415449255889464122012-01-03T17:41:17.635-05:002012-01-03T17:41:17.635-05:00Get ready to post. I'm sure this fodder will b...Get ready to post. I'm sure this fodder will be spoken at furtick's code orange revival.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-63101010213923758242012-01-03T17:03:34.181-05:002012-01-03T17:03:34.181-05:00I'm thankful that our church is full of genero...I'm thankful that our church is full of generous people who understand that all offerings in the New Testament age are free will.<br /><br />January 3, 2012 1:49 PM<br />================================<br />Pastor John Wylie wrote the above: As new believers, we sat under a pastor like him who taught us this belief. <br /><br />We became regular tithers, giving more out of love because we were not hounded like the mega pastors do - we left FBCJ because it has become a Bank of First Baptist whose leaders have blantantly<br />overpaid a Sr. Pastor who only works part time.<br /><br />The interesting thing is altho we've been gone from FBCJ about as long as the W/D, the accounting department still hasn't taken us off their records and yet we received a letter on Christmas Eve about the need to give (while Mac is planning his cruise trip). Shame on the deacons for the decline of a church the community was honored for - now it's a joke!<br /><br />I surely do wish we had a John Wylie or one like him here in Jacksonville.<br /><br />Thanks Pastor, for your wise comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-87555418676241431932012-01-03T13:49:11.027-05:002012-01-03T13:49:11.027-05:00I've found that it's much easier on the pa...I've found that it's much easier on the pastor to just preach the Bible and let the Holy Spirit deal with people about how much they should give. <br /><br />I'm thankful that our church is full of generous people who understand that all offerings in the New Testament age are free will.John Wyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095740536301292747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-25941586301509423222012-01-03T13:37:35.026-05:002012-01-03T13:37:35.026-05:00One of my new year's resolutions was to read t...One of my new year's resolutions was to read the Bible through this year.<br /><br />I'm up to John the Baptist in Matthew today. <br /><br />If you think that WD is tough on Mega-Preachers who teach false doctrine, you should read what John the Baptist had to say to the religious leaders of his day.<br /><br />WD is a fluffy little bunny by comparison.<br /><br />Just take a look at Matthew 3:7-12Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-64078655870385395472012-01-03T12:58:38.094-05:002012-01-03T12:58:38.094-05:00Happy 2012 - we too enjoy both reading & comme...Happy 2012 - we too enjoy both reading & commenting on your blog ministry - you have a lot of followers who need someone like you writing articles and speaking the truth - it's a popular blog & word of mouth continues to be spread around the universe.<br /><br />Warm Regards to you & Your Family!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-79595031734602849992012-01-03T11:57:49.121-05:002012-01-03T11:57:49.121-05:00Happy New Year WD! Keep speaking the truth. This...Happy New Year WD! Keep speaking the truth. This blog was a blessing for us in 2011 and it set my family free from the "First Fruits" nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-64034686611003894252012-01-03T10:03:10.991-05:002012-01-03T10:03:10.991-05:00Usually those that have such an issue with teachin...Usually those that have such an issue with teaching on tithing is because they don't do it. Seems to be true in your case. <br /><br />There are plenty of educated, Godly, wise, and Biblical pastors who believe and teach it in the right way. <br /><br />Did you ever consider that you are the one in error or are you so possessed with mega-church pastors that you can't see the truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-69918211789068732252012-01-03T10:02:59.883-05:002012-01-03T10:02:59.883-05:00I would like to know how these preachers can serio...I would like to know how these preachers can seriously believe that tithing is still enforce on Christians. Are they that ignorant of the old and new covenants or do they just ignore it because of 1) tradition, 2) others are doing it or 3) fear that if they don't create this legalistic need for 10% tithing that they won't have a nice church building, staff and fat salary? Maybe all three?<br /><br />There is no "principle" or "example" of tithing to suggest that it is required of Christians. That nicety is only made up by preachers who want the 10%. They proclaim you are cursed if you don't tithe. The Bible says that you are under a curse if you do. <br />"For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-67640334572779504672012-01-03T09:50:03.168-05:002012-01-03T09:50:03.168-05:00Hasn't "tithing" forever been an SBC...Hasn't "tithing" forever been an SBC staple?James "Jimmy" Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816975290475391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-24764607301554174412012-01-03T09:37:15.183-05:002012-01-03T09:37:15.183-05:00Irritating that tithing has made its way to the fo...Irritating that tithing has made its way to the forefront of the SBC through such angry, arrogant voices as these named - when personal faith is about so much more.<br /><br />Much sadder for the cause of Christ that their pews are still occupied Sunday after Sunday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-89336788551497936862012-01-03T09:29:45.696-05:002012-01-03T09:29:45.696-05:00Seemed to me he did.Seemed to me he did.James "Jimmy" Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816975290475391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-46929209776182284112012-01-03T08:56:49.982-05:002012-01-03T08:56:49.982-05:00They are desperate. The money is not flowing as fr...They are desperate. The money is not flowing as freely as it used to.<br /><br />In their world, it would be a sin to help out a poor person directly. You must give it to the church building first so they can siphon off their cut.<br /><br />They are selling modern day equivalent to indulgances. Lots of people "tithe" and bad things still happen to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-74850367969612650532012-01-03T06:48:11.916-05:002012-01-03T06:48:11.916-05:00Happy New Year WD. I've enjoyed both reading a...Happy New Year WD. I've enjoyed both reading and commenting on your blog. Continue to labor in the work of enlightening believers to seek out the truth of God for themselves. Please continue to highlight the "TITHE" and "FIRST FRUITS" teachings that are unbiblically taught by so many! The biblical truth you present, when compared to the various church doctrines that are being pushed; has exposed much error to those who truly want to know the truth. As Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him in John 8:31-32 "If you continue in my word, you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free..."<br />Elder-gabAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-46707238264262766982012-01-03T05:52:40.222-05:002012-01-03T05:52:40.222-05:00James Brown - you are wrong, Homer Lindsay did not...James Brown - you are wrong, Homer Lindsay did not push the nonsense of Robert Morris.FBC Jax Watchdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740366031265491559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384632623933772727.post-8851292467530704252012-01-03T05:35:30.873-05:002012-01-03T05:35:30.873-05:00If ever a preacher believed in First Fruits tithin...If ever a preacher believed in First Fruits tithing, it was Homer Lindsay Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com