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Why Christians Should Not Tithe: A History of Tithing and a Biblical Paradigm for Christian Giving is unavailable, but you can change that!

The premise of Why Christians Should Not Tithe is simple: God, having freed his people from the Law through faith in Jesus Christ, does not place on them a burden from the Law. The thesis is equally as simple: Christian giving is not a tithe. Christ challenges the believer to give himself and his possessions to the gospel cause, but the tithe fixes a limit and implies nothing more is needed. Why...

THE HEBREW LANGUAGE USED two words to refer to the tithe. The first word was ma‘aser, a noun meaning “tithe,” or “tenth part.”1 The Hebrew word ma‘aser occurs only in Genesis 14:20; Leviticus 27:30, 31, 32; Numbers 18:21, 24, 26, 28; Deuteronomy 12:6, 11, 17; 14:23, 28; 26:12; 2 Chronicles 31:5, 6, 12; Nehemiah 10:37, 38; 12:44; 13:5, 12; Ezekiel 45:11, 14; Amos 4:4; Malachi 3:8, 10. The other word was ‘aser, a verb meaning “to tithe,” “give or take a tithe,” or “take a tithe.”2 The Hebrew word ‘aser
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