Chip nails it on this one.

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>CHURCHIANITY TODAY
>by Chip Brogden
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>http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/churchianity.html
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>"But when you give to someone, don't tell your left hand what your
>right hand is doing" (Matthew 6:3, NLT).
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>Jesus did not advocate anonymous charity in order to make us paranoid
>or fearful of being caught doing a good deed. He did it to liberate
>us, to enlarge us, to help us experience the pure joy of a
>no-strings-attached gift, to ensure we would not become proud, and
>very importantly, to prevent others from rewarding, manipulating,
>regulating, or expecting us to give to them on a continual basis
>apart from His direction. He understood how easily people, even with
>the best of intentions, make value judgments of others based on
>material possessions. He obviously didn't want that to be the case
>among His people.
>
>Unfortunately, acquiring, building, and catering to people of
>affluence has been the modus operandi of Organized Religion since its
>inception, and continues to run rampant in Churchianity today. Yet
>for all its money and temporal possessions, Organized Religion has
>always been in a state of spiritual impoverishment.
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John


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