I once asked a bishop about gross vs. net and before vs. after taxes. He responded, "the church doesn't specify. But as for me, if I'm going to err, I want it to be in the Lord's favor."
Great advice. It's all about faith, isn't it?
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"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. My youth I traveled much, and observed in different countries, the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." -B. Franklin
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