I'm trying to understand why people charge money for supposed Words from the Lord and visions of Hell and Heaven. If it were that important and that true, why on earth would you charge without providing at least a free online method for everyone. Just as freely as one writes something down on paper, one can type and post online just as easily... from home, the library or a friend or family member's house. There are many free websites to post up chapter after chapter. Heck, use blogspot or webs.com! They're free, plus if you want to try and still receive some income you can add ads to your pages and receive money per click. There is simply no excuse for charging people to get this AMAZING, must read info from the Lord Himself.
Now when it comes to needing money to sell your book, be frugal. Make the book a at low price and sell paperback for no more than $10 and then s/h costs... And really you could simply type it out yourself and print it all out 1 or two good times, and make copies as you get order payments in for maybe even $5 a book. There are just so many reasons for not charging... otherwise a stumbling block is created. Trust me, if you tell people that you have kept the book as basically made as possible to keep the book cost down, they will understand and even appreciate you all the more. God is going to bless it anyway.
I watch It's Supernatural and quite often people give these wonderful encounters of the miracles of God and want people to benefit... Then I go to their websites to see how much they charge for their story and it's ridiculous! $100 here, $35 there. Maybe $20. These people don't have a call center, company, staff of more than 3 person staff probably.
And what's so sad, is that these people in turn have the nerve to give scripture to justify their action. I just want someone to PLEASE explain this to me. I genuinely mean this.
Use John Pipers site to see what I mean about providing the word for free.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Challenge to Christians!
~ Are you a Christian?
~ Are you an active Christian?
~ Do you know your biblical history?
~ Can you give a reason for your faith beyond emotion?
~ If you were to get bombarded by someone that challenged your Christian faith, would you have answers and confidence supported by historical and biblical facts?
~ Could you encourage a struggling believer with solid facts?
Of course book knowledge can never substitute properly for God's holy Spirit. But the Bible does say that the holy Spirit brings all things into remembrance. Heck if we don't use wisdom by filling ourselves with the things of God then what?
The Bible says that he that wins souls is wise.
The Bible says that God's people perish for a lack of knowledge.
The Bible also says to not be ignorant of the enemies devices [tools, methods].
Do you confuse questioning God with questioning the society we are in today?
Some topics I desire to look deeper into:
~ The similarities of Jesus and mythical characters
~ The validity of the Bible~ Calvinism and free will. Or should I say Calvinism OR freewill. Which is it and how far does God utilize His sovereignty?
As a fairly young and average Christian lady with only a little biblical training, I will be addressing these topics. I will simply record my findings on essence of things (this blog).
I already have my preconceived thoughts on these topics but like many other Christians, I found that my knowledge was either limited or divided. I can always answer enough to get by for the sake of being right. But my plight here is not to be right but rather, honest, realistic, and thoroughly informative. MY MAIN GOAL is to always challenge Christian believers to not blindly believe and blindly follow. This is what I believe leads to Christians being weak minded as the Bible mentions, easily being lead astray.
Having solid facts doesn't hurt to have when our faith may shake through circumstances. We are not being any less faithful for choosing to educate ourselves in the faith. We educate ourselves in everything else but then come short of the Word of God. Let us change this.
~ Are you an active Christian?
~ Do you know your biblical history?
~ Can you give a reason for your faith beyond emotion?
~ If you were to get bombarded by someone that challenged your Christian faith, would you have answers and confidence supported by historical and biblical facts?
~ Could you encourage a struggling believer with solid facts?
Of course book knowledge can never substitute properly for God's holy Spirit. But the Bible does say that the holy Spirit brings all things into remembrance. Heck if we don't use wisdom by filling ourselves with the things of God then what?
The Bible says that he that wins souls is wise.
The Bible says that God's people perish for a lack of knowledge.
The Bible also says to not be ignorant of the enemies devices [tools, methods].
Do you confuse questioning God with questioning the society we are in today?
Some topics I desire to look deeper into:
~ The similarities of Jesus and mythical characters
~ The validity of the Bible~ Calvinism and free will. Or should I say Calvinism OR freewill. Which is it and how far does God utilize His sovereignty?
As a fairly young and average Christian lady with only a little biblical training, I will be addressing these topics. I will simply record my findings on essence of things (this blog).
I already have my preconceived thoughts on these topics but like many other Christians, I found that my knowledge was either limited or divided. I can always answer enough to get by for the sake of being right. But my plight here is not to be right but rather, honest, realistic, and thoroughly informative. MY MAIN GOAL is to always challenge Christian believers to not blindly believe and blindly follow. This is what I believe leads to Christians being weak minded as the Bible mentions, easily being lead astray.
Having solid facts doesn't hurt to have when our faith may shake through circumstances. We are not being any less faithful for choosing to educate ourselves in the faith. We educate ourselves in everything else but then come short of the Word of God. Let us change this.
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