Dear Big Name TV and Radio
Preacher,
I appreciate so much your concern about
my personal faith, giving habits and tithing customs. I have noticed that you
don’t live by the same concept. When I get a letter from you it does not
contain a check or an offering of any kind. I feel that this is something we
need to work on. Your attitude and approach should be open to change. When you
claim that the Lord will surely bring an increase to me and even double the
amount that I send to you, why wouldn’t that same recipe work in reverse?
Please understand that the cost of operating and underwriting a family these
days has gone up. In June when we reach our midway point we will also have to
possibly drop stations and programming. Yours may have to be the very first to
go along with the abundance of your often duplicated mail that I have had to
generously donate to the paper recycling industry. If you want to keep the cost
of postage and handling down and remain sensitive to the nature of manipulating
God’s people, please become the kind of steward of the Kingdom that you expect
from us. You see, the amount of gospel junk mail has increased substantially,
but the spiritual or financial growth from or because of your input and
personal concern stays at a less than modest level.
Would you please see to the correct
spelling of my name in future correspondence? My name is not Ann Tuckinmoney. In
your form letters you often end with something like,” When you write us, be
sure to ask for the free offer Ann Tuckinmoney.” The Lord owns the cattle on a
thousand hills and it’s very unlikely that He approves of His servants begging
like a bunch of drunken panhandlers. The Lord knows about your ethics and
fundraising tactics and if the Lord sees fit to allow you to stay on the air,
it will be because He will fund it out of His vast supply. He is capable of
keeping track of and supporting those who are honestly representing Him. The
Lord works in mysterious ways. It just might be that you too should get a real
job like the Apostle Paul and let the Lord continue to work in mysterious ways
without the benefit of your influence. I will close this most verbally generous
letter with a blessing for you and your future endeavors. May you receive exactly
what you deserve and it is my earnest prayer and desire to see you in eternity
so I can tell you in person what I really think.
Sincerely in Christ, T.
LaVigne
September 24, 1999
