Is the Old Testament standard of tithing 10% of everything still applicable to Christ-following people today?

Why doesn’t God fix the world that is and make it more like He intended to be – now? Why is He (seemingly) slow to act? How come God puts up with so much injustice?

In the Christian community some see divorce as among the worst sins, the mark of failure, a pathway to guilt...in the wider community, while sad and sometimes heart-breaking, divorce...just happens sometimes...in a lot of settings it’s not considered big a deal. How big a deal is it to God, and are there times when it’s justified?

A lot of religious people talk about worship as this great experience...for some, it’s tough. It feels unnatural, it feels forced...what’s the secret to authentic worship, the kind God deserves and the kind I might need?

We say all the time: ‘God is loving,’ ‘God is love.’ Yet, doesn’t the general tone and tenor of Scripture indicate otherwise? Why do we confidently call God loving when He seems so mad?

Nobody is in a more danger from religion, than the religious, because religion is often toxic. Religion is a ‘measure up’ way to get to God, where you never measure up. Jesus didn’t force religion on His followers, but something so much better.

We’re created to be fully known, and fully loved. But infatuation with image management and fear of exposure results in us playing an adult version of the childhood game ‘hide and seek.’ As a result, way too many of us live under a cloud of shame and aren’t fully known or loved.

In a culture gripped by anxiety and fear about the future, Jesus presents a prescription for worry that doesn’t really cost anyone anything. And it works! Through a series of profound questions, Jesus presents an alternative outlook equally compelling to Christ-followers and skeptics.

There’s two ways to quit complaining. One is to change your external world so there’s no circumstance left to complain about. Good luck with that. The other way is to change your internal world. What if it were possible to treat each day like its manna from God? What if we could learn to identify with attitude and words of the apostle Paul, who described learning how to be content any situation?

It’s likely that our generation experiences more distraction than any other generation in history. We touch our smart phones hundreds of times daily…and unlock them on average 80 times per day. Multi-tasking is the norm despite neuroscience telling us we’re wired to be mono-taskers. What if learning how to be present to God resulted in us being more fully present to others?