INSIDE OLD CATHOLIC

  By †Gabriel Obiano, D.D. Have you heard someone say, "If you don't pay your tithe, you will go to hell"? Excuse me, how can not paying a tithe send someone to hell? Is that even logical, let alone biblical? Our salvation is not tied to tithe-paying. Think about this: If someone who isn't born again stumbles into your church, and the message they hear that day isn't the message of the Cross, but rather a loud proclamation from the pulpit that they are doomed to hell for not tithing... so this person rushes out, drops their tithe, but still doesn't know the message of the Cross—has they truly moved from hell to eternal rest? Really? Brethren, the teaching on tithing has divided us. When a teacher of God's word tries to correct this narrative, that teacher suddenly becomes an enemy. This is the handiwork of the enemy himself. Tithing must not be overemphasized above the message of the Cross. The Apostle Paul said, "For I decided to know nothing among y...

By †Gabriel Obiano, D.D. Defending the Christian faith is not about winning arguments—it is about witnessing to the truth of the Gospel with both kindness and clarity. Apologetics, at its heart, is the practice of giving a reasoned defense of what we believe (1 Peter 3:15). But how we defend the faith is just as important as what we defend. We can't defend the faith by engaging in arguments. Arguing about the faith will not do us any good. To defend your faith is not the same as engaging in arguments. I had an encounter with someone who is not a believer. He reached out to me through my Facebook account and asked me to show him a place in the Bible where Jesus said, "I am God, worship me." This person wasn't asking the question because he wanted to be saved; his main purpose was to mock Christianity and to engage me in an unholy argument. Today, I will share with you how to defend your faith. 1. Ground Yourself in Scripture and Tradition The first step in apologetics ...