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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...

Paul has created a comparison to teach New Testament giving: just as those who served at the altar lived from the altar, even so those who serve the gospel should live from the gospel. The Lord has appointed that those whose life-work is to preach the gospel should be supported by the “proceeds” of the gospel, that is, as v. 11 says, reaping material benefits from spiritual sowing. “The Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel” (NIV: “should receive their living
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