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In thirteenth-century Caithness, Bishop Adam kept raising the butter tax the people owed the church. A legal official named Rafn warned the clergy that the anger was real. They ignored him. A mob trapped the bishop in a building and set it on fire. He died inside.
King Alexander II hit back hard. He mutilated and executed scores of men and punished the earl of the region.
The author sets this beside what the Bible says about giving. Leaders demanded more and more. Jesus taught giving that comes freely, and he showed leadership that serves. When leaders keep taking, ordinary people pay for it in the end.
Has anyone ever kept raising what your church expected from you?
