We don't use offering envelopes at my church, but I do use a check so I can get tax deductions (I don't see anything wrong with that.) If we took the giving in secret command to mean no checks in the offering plate, wouldn't that mean we couldn't use checks for anything else that was not a purchase? People are free to use money or checks.

Did you know that some churches actually use offering envelopes on which you not only write how much you are tithing but you also are supposed to "grade" yourself for the past week on Bible reading, prayer, church attendance, service, etc? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bash.gif" alt="" />

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin