From Todd Rhoades at Monday Morning Insight —
The church’s dirtiest little secret is not the scandal of flock [fleecing] pastors jetting around at their church’s expense. Nor is it the outrageous salaries or even the oft expected and oft over-enjoyed sex scandal and subsequent fall from grace of a once revered leader.
No, the real scandal of the American church is something much deeper, and more pernicious than any of those tragic, isolated events. And I do mean isolated, because they are a very small percentage of what really goes on day in and day out, week in and week out in the hundreds of thousands of Christian churches all across this country.
No, the real dirty little secret in the American church is that we regularly, relentlessly, and without mercy beat-up, chew-up and spit-out our leaders. … Continue reading
If my employer provided me a house, I’d have to pay income tax on the value of the free rent. There’s an exception if living in the housing is required to do the job — such as being a house parent in an orphanage. And there’s 
Second, as these and many other passages teach, God’s peace, righteousness, and justice will prevail in this new Kingdom. “Justice” and “righteousness” include the teachings of the Torah that Kingdom’s citizens will care for the widows, orphans, and sojourners, all of whom will be provided just laws and just courts by the King.
Hmm … I have to agree that growth does not prove the excellence of anyone’s theology. There are plenty of movements that are growing rapidly despite offering very poor theology.
