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To: gypsylea
What criteria should we use to decide if love of God or loving God in our fellow man is at play? Is it unChristian to contract with the government to provide a service?
25 posted on 11/10/2012 10:33:41 AM PST by PeevedPatriot ("A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left."--Eccl 10:2)
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To: PeevedPatriot

What individual Christians do about entering into contracts is one thing. What churches do is another matter. There are two major food banks in my community. One takes government money (a very small portion of their budget), one does not. At the latter, no one has to fill out any forms to get food. At the other, government required paperwork has to be kept. My church supports the solely privately funded one.

And by the way, I go to a church that has a significant minority of Democrats. They largely support government welfare programs. I don’t. We all agree that we should do what we can as a Church to mitigate suffering in our community without any possibility of government dictation at any time or in any manner. We can sing hymns together on Sunday and happily vote against each other on Tuesday the way God intended. :)


26 posted on 11/10/2012 11:26:16 AM PST by gypsylea
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