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"Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was. Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike. And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent his full time preaching and testifying to the Jews, telling them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."" (Acts 18:3-5 NLT)

For full-time ministers, the end goal of tent-making is to stop the need for tent-making. However, for lay people, they are already doing ...

The Evolution of End-Time Evangelists

{A defining moment}

tent /tɛnt/ –noun

- A portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.

tent⋅mak⋅er¹ [tent-mey-ker] –noun

-A person who makes tents.

tent⋅mak⋅er²

-A person called of God to cross-cultural missions by having a secular work to sustain his or her stay in a foreign land while fulfilling the Great Commission. (my personal asses...

"God blesses those who realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is given to them." (Mat 5:3 NLT)

Traditional spirituality can be debilitating. The Bible did not say that "God blesses the poor just because they are poor." But as it turned out, people have this idea that it is spiritual to be poor. And so it became: the poorer you are, the more spiritual you are.

No, that is just not true. What Jesus taught was about being "poor in spirit." It is recognition of our need for God, ...