Question: I am sadly disappointed to find that everything you have to offer is for sale, and ...

Question: I am sadly disappointed to find that everything you have to offer is for sale, and compelled to correct you as a Christian. I can see making money to support your ministry, but when even your old issues and newsletters are for sale, this is not biblical. I sincerely desired to study your beliefs and divide the word of truth.

Response: You are disappointed that everything The Berean Call offers is for sale. In fact, that is not the case. The newsletter is sent out free to a mailing list of about 100,000, including more than 5,000 international at about 40 cents each. Not only do we not charge a subscription; we don’t ask for a contribution, trusting the Lord for that. About 2 percent of our readers contribute, carrying the load for the rest.

Nor do we “sell” old issues. Anyone desiring a particular copy of a back issue is welcome to a reprint of it at no cost. Also if information is desired on a particular subject, we are happy to send it free, so long as we have something in our files that would be helpful.

By “old copies,” perhaps you meant our Reprints and Index. These are not old, leftover copies. Each year all prior newsletter articles and Q&As are reformatted, printed and packaged, including an updated and comprehensive index. They come binder ready with labels, and to date they cover 16 years of articles and Q&As. Yes, we do need to charge for this expensive and time-consuming project, and many people appreciate having it available.

We pay for airtime on more than 300 radio stations, ask for nothing from listeners, and receive very little from them. We also provide a lending-library service making most of our books and videos available to anyone in the U.S. (Requirements: a three-item limit, return in three weeks and pay only return postage.)

We tithe 10 percent of our gross profit on sales. This is given out in books, videos and other materials sent gratis to many prisoners and overseas individuals and ministries who cannot afford to pay for them, as well as cash contributions to needy ministries.

I trust that you now have a better understanding of our vision for The Berean Call and how it is prayerfully operated in dependence upon the Lord, together with the prayers and gifts of God’s people.