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Four Reasons Why Church Giving Is Up While Attendance Is Down

Four Reasons Why Church Giving Is Up While Attendance Is Down

The median attendance of a church in 2023 is 60, down from 65 in 2020. That’s the bad news.  But giving is up. That is the good news. Giving in congregation jumped significantly, from a median of about $120,000 in 2020 to $170,000 in 2023. That is an increase of 42% over the past three…

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Why does Jesus’ wording of the Shema include the addition of ‘and with all your mind?’

Why does Jesus’ wording of the Shema include the addition of ‘and with all your mind?’

The vast majority of translations of Deuteronomy 6:4-5 read something like this:

“Hear, O Israel, YHWH is our god; YHWH is one. And thou shalt love YHWH thy god with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

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In 1 Corinthians 1:1, is Paul a “called-apostle” or “called to be an apostle”?

In 1 Corinthians 1:1, is Paul a “called-apostle” or “called to be an apostle”?

(1 Corinthians 1:1) Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφὸς
(KJV) Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Note that “to be” is added in …