In this episode we discuss...
- your email questions!
- From Rich in Wellsboro, PA
- Does TJ’s hair look the same way when he wakes up as it does when he goes to bed?
- From Jeremy in Catawissa, PA
- On Episode 32, TJ and Joe both proudly recommended shopping at thrift stores, with TJ even going so far as to say that most of his wardrobe came from thrift stores. Several years ago, Tim Challies wrote an article in which he compared people of adequate means picking through thrift stores with the biblical concept of gleaning from Leviticus 19:9-10 (https://www.challies.com/christian-living/the-heart-of-frugality/). Ever since, when I think about shopping at thrift stores, that concept always comes to mind. I would love to hear all of you interact with this notion. Should you be leaving those "great deals" on the rack for those who truly need them? Is there an element of selfishness to abundantly supplying yourself in this way, when you have the means to supply yourself through more standard means? Is this, perhaps, even a way you could shepherd your congregations to help care for the poor in their communities (which is, after all, the intent of the command to leave the edges of the fields unharvested and the vineyard not stripped bare - to make sure those people have a way to supply their needs)?
- From Denny Dillman in Henryville, IN
- How do you handle the generosity of a church member? The church member owns an auto repair/sales shop. He determines to provide for your vehicles: tires, batteries, repairs, even crazy discounted auto purchases. Can specific generosity cloud the thinking of the Pastor? Should the Pastor say "No"?
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