When you come across an issue where great Christian leaders such as John MacArthur and Charles Ryrie hold to one view and Billy Graham and John Piper hold to another, while scholars such as D. A. Carson seem to avoid a direct answer,1 you know you’re in for a challenge in deciphering the complexities of the issues at hand. Recent statistics show that giving among evangelicals is now below 3 percent.2 Whatever one believes about tithing, this is not a God-honoring