Fri. 9-17-04 FreeGoodNews.com E-Letter No. 5

Matthew 6:24

"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Contents:
1. TBN Update.
2. Financial Update.
3. Future topics.
4. Free Software.

Hi friends-

TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) Update. I saw their federal form 990 for TBN. Guess how much Jan & Paul make... ready for this... a combined total of $764,000 (Paul is at $403K, and Jan is at $361K). I'll provide more about this later. What a shame, but I guess it shouldn't be surprising, given their "prosperity teaching." What's a reasonable salary? Even they know, because it is what they pay those under them; the others have decent salaries. If you ever hear them cryng about needing money to keep the Gospel on TV, remember thier salary. There is a place for righteous anger, and this is it, since they are doing this in the name of God and in the name of Christianity, yet it is directly opposed to our Lord's teaching... and what does this say about being "nonprofit?"

Financial update. If you want to see my year-to-date finances, they are posted on the web under the "how to support us" tab. Only $1500 in the red, and no salaries yet...

Future topics. I'm really looking forward to my next show on Sept. 29th, 8-8:30 pm, LIVE in the Portland area on cable channel 11. It will be "all about Islam," with my guest and friend Mohammad Rahman (a practicing Muslim and Quran Study Leader).

Free software. Here's a link for free Bible study software, Bibles, maps, etc.
Go here: Free Bible and Bible tools software

....Bernie
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