The Poor in Spirit

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Sep 24, 2026 · 6m

This position paper argues that taxation is fundamentally a religious issue because it rests on the question of sovereignty who is lord, God or the state. It rejects the common claim that churches are wealthy tax dodgers, showing instead that church-owned property historically provided extensive social services, while modern states hold vast tax-exempt lands yet increasingly burden the people through expropriative taxation. Scripture teaches that only God, as Creator and Lord, has ultimate authority to govern, legislate, and tax, with the tithe serving as a confession of Christ’s sovereignty…