Thanks for commenting! 😁

Most if them actually started with nothing… lol

Hi Dean – That’s another idea, but it’s more specialized. Also, if rates are in the 10% range, they’re subprime loans, and those are a lot more risky. I wouldn’t recommend something that high risk.

We believe we are saved by Grace through Faith Jeff H. but according to James 2:14-26 “Faith without works is Dead”. Christians are not saved by good works but it should manifest automatically out of us since we are in Christ & the Holy Spirit is working in us. The church is the only agency on earth which God uses for the advancement of His kingdom and to call out the lost sheep.

A lot of people will not agree but let’s look at it in a different scenario. Someone wins $100 & gave the 10% or more to the church, people will be like that’s ok but obviously the more zeros added all the more our finite minds will tend to resist without realizing that the same percentage is given. This is called “Proportionate Giving”, hence Jesus said in Luke 21: 1-4

1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Grace to you all…

That’s a good strategy DM. In addition to the fact that paying off the mortgage will free up $700 per month for savings and investing. Not to mention the peace of mind that comes from living in a debt-free home.

Good points Paul. I’d also like to add that if we assume that any charity or church we give to is corrupt, it justifies not ever giving. That’s going too far in the other direction. We should give in good faith, and leave it between God and the recipient as to where it goes from there.