$5.00 per head.
What do you think about that?
$5.00 per head.
What do you think about that?
“You don’t charge for the gospel.”
The gospel is given freely, but the price was horrendous and the cost is high.
Only, there is no such thing as a free lunch and I suspect that there are a lot of slackers in God’s family, welfare Christians who expect something for nothing.
Just deduct the cost of admission from your tithe to the church.
$5.00 per head.
Just deduct the cost of admission from your tithe to the church.
Sorry, but this is wrong if you believe your gift is to God. God doesn’t need to pay for a cheapskate’s ticket to a play. The church doesn't either. IMO, holding back your offering for personal reasons shows a lack of integrity.
Another option: you can stay home. You don't have to go to the play if you don't want to buy a ticket. You don't walk out of the grocery store without paying for your groceries. You have to pay even if you don't like the price ... if you want the groceries, or you just do without the Snickers and soda pop.
~Jim
Love God. Love people. Period.
If it's not your church do you deduct it from your tithe/offering to your own church?
If you go to an out of town movie, do you buy a ticket? Just because its not your theater doesn't give you a right to get in without paying for your ticket. The decision is simple: either buy the ticket or you stay home. Simple. But you cant expect the church, any church, to pay for your pleasures. If you want to go to their play and they charge a ticket you buy a ticket or you stay home but you dont cheat, you dont force them to do it your way by withholding your tithe.
We complain about welfare freeloaders then expect for someone else to pay for our church events without carrying our end of the load. Integrity says we pay for our ticket or we stay home. Maybe a freewill offering would have been more appropriate then the freeloaders can refuse to help by sitting on their wallets and letting others pay for their pleasures, but my guess is the church has already tried that and it didnt work so well.
~Jim
Love God. Love people. Period.
I think that sounds reasonable.
If it's a first-class production, they should charge twice that and give all proceeds to a local food kitchen or rescue mission or some other community program.
And theres nothing wrong with the person who whines about paying for a ticket to a church play to give that amount to a food kitchen or rescue shelter, either. The church has expenses for any production and they depend on the kindness of those who enjoy its benefits to pay for it.
A $5 ticket to a play seems pretty cheap to me and I cant imagine anyone objecting to it.
~Jim
Love God. Love people. Period.