PERSPECTIVES

ON TITHING

4 VIEWS

DAVID A. CROTEAU · BOBBY EKLUND

KEN HEMPHILL · REGGIE KIDD

GARY NORTH · SCOTT PREISSLER

edited by david a. croteau

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Perspectives on Tithing: 4 Views

Copyright © 2011 by David A. Croteau

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8054-4977-8

Published by B&H Publishing Group

Nashville, Tennessee

Dewey Decimal Classification: 248.6

Subject Heading: TITHE\STEWARDSHIP\PERSONAL FINANCE

Scripture quotations marked HCSB are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible.© The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Contents

Abbreviations

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1—Introduction

Part I

Chapter 2—The Foundations of Giving

Ken Hemphill and Bobby Eklund

Chapter 3—Response by David A. Croteau

Chapter 4—Response by Gary North

Chapter 5—Response by Reggie Kidd

Part II

Chapter 6—The Post-Tithing View

David A. Croteau

Chapter 7—Response by Ken Hemphill and Bobby Eklund

Chapter 8—Response by Reggie Kidd

Chapter 9—Response by Gary North

Part III

Chapter 10—Tithing in the New Covenant?

Reggie Kidd

Chapter 11—Response by Gary North

Chapter 12—Response by Ken Hemphill and Bobby Eklund

Chapter 13—Response by David A. Croteau

Part IV

Chapter 14—The Covenantal Tithe

Gary North

Chapter 15—Response by Reggie Kidd

Chapter 16—Response by David A. Croteau

Chapter 17—Response by Ken Hemphill and Bobby Eklund

Chapter 18—Excursus

Appendix—A Short History of Tithing in the Christian Church

Name Index

Scripture Index

Abbreviations

ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers

ARG Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte

BA Biblical Archaeologist

BSac Bibliotecha sacra

CHR Catholic Historical Review

CTM Concordia Theological Monthly

ICC International Critical Commentary

Int Interpretation

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JE Jewish Encyclopedia

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

LCL Loeb Classical Library

NAC New American Commentary

NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament

NIVAC New International Version Application Commentary

NPNF1 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Series 1

NPNF2 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Series 2

TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

WBC Word Biblical Commentary