Letters
Be Media Friendly
Re: Christ and Culture in Canada (May/
June 2009)
Bravo to John Stackhouse for highlighting a consistent problem with Canadian
pastors. When I worked in print media,
I found contacting pastors in a timely
fashion to be a constant aggravation.
Most pastors – or most church adminis-
trators who answer the phone – seemed
utterly clueless about journalistic deadlines.
I can’t tell you how often pastors blew
the chance to highlight their church because they took up to a week to return my
call. When a deadline was pressing, I just
kept going through the list of churches in
my area until I could contact enough pas-
tors for my columns.
It’s sad when simply
being available gets
you in print rather
than having something interesting and
articulate to say.
FRANK KING
Calgary, Alta.
summer•programs•2009
Set your mind on things above
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AN IN TERNATIONAL
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OF CHRISTIAN STUDIES
Re: How to Rise Above the Economic
Crisis (Mar/Apr 2009)
The Meeting Place reportedly teaches that
Christians should live below their means
so as to have money left over to give away.
But you don’t need to struggle to live simply and generously if you understand the
laws of prosperity. The point is you can’t
outgive God.
Second Corinthians 9: 8 says, “God is
able to make all grace abound to you, that
always [that means all the time] having all
sufficiency in everything, you may have an
abundance for every good deed.”
Our experience is that you don’t really experience the supernatural blessings
of God until you are giving 30 to 35 per
cent of your income in tithes and offerings.
We have experienced that and would never
go back to giving less. We have our needs
and wants more than met. We drive a new
car and spend winters in Florida or Texas,
as good or better than if we held back on
our offerings to pay for them.
It is more exciting to live in the supernatural than the natural. The kingdom of
God consists of the supernatural but, sad
to say, most people are living in the natural. From our experience, you give first at
five or 10 per cent above your tithe as your
faith develops and move up from there,
and you will have enough left over for all
your needs.
CHARLES RUNOLFSON
Ottawa, Ont.
Pentecostals and the Spirit
Re: Ask a Theologian (Nov/Dec 2008)
I was disappointed with Van Johnson’s
column. What makes Pentecostals distinct
