Re: LDS Church in Sweden, etc.
Jeff Shirton <jshirton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Mat 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand
> know what thy right hand doeth:
>Mat 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father
> which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
>Did the "left hand" (Mr. Hinckley) let the "right hand[s]" (ie.
>the congregation" know the specifics about how much?
>Did he keep it "in secret", like the passage says, or did he
>announce it publically, for all to hear?
Context is important. The context for this is *individual*
alms.
What I find most amusing is that some critics lambast the
Church for not being open about how all its funds are being
spent while others lambast the Church for openly stating
how some of its funds are being spent. Even more amusingly
some critics do both.
Gregg
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