Sex, Sacrifice, Shame, and Smiting This practical manual guides churches

This practical manual guides churches through a year-long stewardship program

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Sex, Sacrifice, Shame, and Smiting This practical manual guides churchesThe Bible presents us with difficult statements about money and finance, social justice, marriage and divorce, sex, religion and politics, and other areas of life. Many of us pick and choose among them, feeling free to treat some of the Bible's moral rulings as absolutes but ignoring those we find unacceptable. Are there areas where we can ignore what the Bible says? Is the Bible is simply wrong about some things? Are we free to argue that we