You, Me and Mike Moore

I have been watching and reading several interviews with Michael Moore about his latest documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story”. I have not seen the movie and I probably won’t. I totally disagree with his principles which I have read on the movie and I have some resentment about his distortion of facts. But this blog is not about his or anyone else’s political beliefs. My blog today is about the one part of Moore’s thoughts that I agree with. As Christians we have a responsibility to be generous. I read a preacher blog the other day that said this and I agree.

-------If you live in America, you are rich. If you're living in poverty in America, you are wealthy on the global scale, and that's what God sees. If you live in America, you are rich.
-------If you live in America, whether you realize it or not, one of your greatest temptations is wanting to be rich, loving money, and putting your hope in wealth.
-------In the Old Testament we're told to give a bare minimum of 10% of our income. In the New Testament we're commanded to give generously. There's no way that God views less than 10% as generous.

“For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” (1 Timothy 6:7-10)