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The Bible and Money …
The New Covenant
Doctrine of Giving:
Does tithing apply to Christians?
David Croteau
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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Kicked
Out Of Church
Dismissal Turns Into Talk Of Ohio Town
UPDATED: 10:56 am EDT July 15, 2005
WAVERLY, Ohio -- A 65-year-old wheelchair-bound woman
with congestive heart failure was kicked out of her church
because she was not paying her tithe, NBC 4 reported.
Loretta Davis told NBC 4's Mike Bowersock she was shocked
when she received a letter saying she was no longer
considered a member of her church, The Living Word
Tabernacle. Davis made an agreement with the church that she
would give 10 percent of her income. Then she became ill and
stopped making payments, so the church revoked her
membership.
“Since Jan. 5, I've been in the hospital 15 times,” Davis said.
“I’ve suffered with cellulites since I’ve had the open heart
(surgery).” Davis is no longer paying the church $60 per month
from her $592 per month Social Security check, Bowersock
reported. “I have my tithes that I was supposed to pay, but I
have not paid them since this has went on,” Davis said. “In the
time of (Davis’) need, they should be caring, supporting, asking
what she needs -- help her if she needed help,” said Teresa
Meeks, who is Davis’ daughter. “I was so hurt on what they did
to her.” The church moved out of its building in Waverly earlier
this year and Davis’ dismissal has become the talk of the town,
Bowersock reported.
In a letter to the editor of the local paper, the former pastor said
it is true that Davis lost her membership for not paying her
tithes. In the same letter, he said Davis was not kicked out of
the church for not paying her tithes. The Rev. Paul McClurg,
who started the church, said Davis is still welcome to attend
church but is not allowed to be a member. The issue upset
Davis’ 83-year-old mother so much that she quit the church.
The members have been holding services in a Lion’s Club hall
while waiting to build a new church. There are at least two
former members who will not be attending with them.
Questions to answer
Are Christians required to give tithes?
Should someone who fails to pay the tithe be
disciplined?
What is the true standard of giving?
Outline for Teaching
Part 1: Deconstruct Tithing
Part 2: Reconstruct of Model of Giving for Christians
DECONSTRUCTING TITHING
Why focus on deconstructing tithing?
Before a new model for giving can be accepted, the old model must first be
completely and utterly rejected. Because of the old model, that of giving ten percent,
Christians tend to use it as a minimum or guideline. They tend to fall back into the
“ten percent rut.” Thus, a complete embrace of the new model can only occur when
the old model has been totally rejected.
THE INADEQUACY OF THE TITHING MODEL
% of Income Given
12.00%
10.00%
8.00%
6.00%
4.00%
2.00%
0.00%
% of Income Given
% of Income Given
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
0.00%
1987-1989 1993 1997 2002
PCUSA SBC
The "Lord if I just made a little more" Chart
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
$20,000 $20,000- $30,000- $40,000- $60,000- $75,000- $100,000
or less $29,999 $39,999 $59,999 $74,999 $99,999 or more
Money Spent by Americans
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
World Chewing Gum Movies Hunting State
Missions Lotteries
Amount Spent (in billions)
Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving
• The average donation by adults who attend U.S. Protestant
churches is about $17 a week.
• Overall, only 3 to 5 percent of Americans who donate money
to a church tithe (give a tenth of) their incomes though many
more claim to do so.
• Here is one of the unwritten laws: 20 percent of the members
give up to 80 percent of the annual budget. In most cases, 50
percent or more give little or nothing.
• Even among born-again Christians, 6 percent tithed in 2002,
compared with 14 percent in 2001, the survey shows.
Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving
• Among evangelicals - defined for the survey as people who
believe they have a personal responsibility to share their
religious beliefs about Jesus with non-Christians - 9 percent
tithed, according to the survey.
• In 2000, 12 percent of born-again U.S. adults tithed regularly
to their churches. In 2001 it was 14 percent and in 2002 it fell
to 6 percent.
• In 2001, more than half of wealthy people (54 percent) said tax
benefits induce them to give.
Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving
Reformed Evangelicalism: Regarding the tithe, in spite of their
grace-centered theology, many Reformed churches default to
teaching the tithe as the standard for Christian giving. We
suspect that Reformed churches, like all other churches, so
struggle with motivating their people to give that they have
taken hold of a clear biblical command, which seems to promise
leverage for motivation.
Dispensational Evangelicalism: Regarding the tithe, although
dispensational theology teaches that Old Testament institutions
generally do not apply to the New Testament church, many
dispensational churches teach the tithe as a rule for Christian
giving. We suspect that dispensational churches, like all other
churches, so struggle with motivating their people to give that
they have taken hold of a clear biblical command, which seems
to promise leverage for motivation.
Definitions
Tithe:
Old Testament Tithing:
Giving:
Church and State:
Tithing introduction powerpoints
Definitions
Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent.
Old Testament Tithing:
Giving:
Church and State:
Definitions
Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent.
Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items
produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the
trees) or from the herd. It only applied when the Israelites lived in
Palestine and never referred to earned income.
Giving:
Church and State:
Definitions
Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent.
Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items
produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the
trees) or from the herd. It only applied to when the Israelites lived in
Palestine and never referred to earned income.
Giving: Since everything we have belongs to God and we are only
“stewards” over what we possess, to say that we “give” something to
God is to use the term loosely.
Church and State:.
Definitions
Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent.
Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items
produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the
trees) or from the herd. It only applied to when the Israelites lived in
Palestine and never referred to earned income.
Giving: Since everything we have belongs to God and we are only
“stewards” over what we possess, to say that we “give” something to
God is to use the term loosely.
Church and State: Israel did not separate the religion from the
government like America does; neither did many Christians in much of
Church history.
Our Goal
Our Goal
Our Goal
G. Campbell Morgan concluded that the basic New
Testament principle of giving is that Christians
ought to place all their resources at God’s disposal
since God has manifested His grace by putting His
resources at Christians’ disposal.
Tithing introduction powerpoints
Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing
Deceptively Attractive Arguments
1. Argument from the Garden of Eden
2. Continuity Argument
3. Concession Argument
4. Exceeding Righteousness Argument
5. Anecdotal Argument
6. Tithing as the Eleventh Commandment
Tithing introduction powerpoints
Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing
Unconvincing Arguments
7. Argument from Abel
8. Historical Argument
9. Pragmatic Argument
10. Argument from the Sabbath
11. Argument from Malachi 3
Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing
Unconvincing Arguments
12. Jerome’s Argument
13. Argument from Jesus’ Example
14. The Caesarian Argument
Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing
Arguments Deserving Consideration
15. Argument from the Mosaic Law
16. Argument from Hebrews 7
17. Argument from Jesus’ Teaching
18. Moral Law Argument
19. Argument from Paul’s Teaching
20. Argument from Natural Law
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Negative Evidence
Clement of Rome (ca. 100)
Didache (ca. 100)
Justin Martyr (100-165)
Tertullian (160-230)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Ambiguous
Irenaeus (130-200)
Constantine (ca. 325)
Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
John Knox (1514-1572)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
John Wesley (1703-1791)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Against Tithes being binding on Christians
Didascalia Apostolorum (ca. 225)
Epiphanius (370)
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1275)
John Wycliff (1328-1384)
John Huss (1373-1415)
Erasmus (1466-1536)
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Anabaptists (particularly the Swiss) (ca. 1525)
John Smyth (1609)
Puritans and Pilgrims of Massachusetts (17th century)
John Cotton (1585-1652)
Roger Williams (ca. 1636)
John Milton (English; 1659)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Against Tithes being binding on Christians
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
Particular Baptists (England; 1660)
John Owen (English; 1680)
Francis Turretin (Geneva; d. 1687)
John Bunyan (Baptist; 1628-1688)
Quakers (England; 1768)
Adam Clarke (ca. 1762-1832)
J. Newton Brown (Baptist; 1836)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Advocate Tithing
Clement of Alexandria (150-215)
Apostolic Constitutions (4th century)
Synod of Gangra (ca. 350)
Hilary of Poitiers (366)
Basil of Caesarea (370)
Ambrose (374)
Cassian (410)
Isidore of Pelusium (450)
Caesarius of Arles (490)
Eugippius and Severinus (ca. 510)
Second Synod of Macon (585)
Pope Gregory the Great (600)
Egbert (750)
Pipin (750)
Charlemagne (779)
Offa, King of Mercia (8th century)
Edward (1050)
William the Conqueror (1066)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1139)
Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
Charles Leslie (English; 1700)
Increase Mather (1639-1723)
W. Bohun (English; 1731)
James Gambier (English; 1794)
Richard Belward (English; 1782)
W. Edmeads (English; 1811)
Cotton Mather (1833)
Charles G. Finney (1792-1875)
Synod of Rowen (unknown; probably 879)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Pre-1870 List
Advocate tithing, but as a compromise
Origen (186-255)
John Chrysostom (375)
Jerome (385)
Augustine (400)
Anastasius Sinaita (544)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Advocate Tithing
A. W. Miller (Presbyterian; 1873)
William Speer (Presbyterian; 1875)
Thomas Kane (Presbyterian; 1876)
A. J. Gordon (1877)
A. T. Robertson (1886)
Kenrick Peck (English barrister; 1891)
N. L. Rigby (1895)
George D. Watson (1896)
S. B. Shaw (1897)
Joseph Parker (; 1900)
E. B. Stewart (Presbyterian; 1903)
Charles Cook (Baptist; 1903)
Charles William Harshman (1905)
Henry Lansdell (1906)
John Wesley Duncan (1909)
George W. Brown (1911)
Arthur V. Babbs (1912)
John Albert May (1919)
Martha F. Bellinger (1919)
Frank H. Leavell (1920)
P. W. Thompson (1920)
James A. Hensey (1922)
Luther E. Lovejoy (1924)
Julius Earl Crawford (1926)
Monroe E. Dodd (Baptist; 1929)
William R. Rigell (1930)
Emmet Fox (New Age; 1931)
Patrick J. Sloan (Catholic; 1932)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Advocate Tithing
A. T. Robertson (SBC; 1934)
P. E. Burroughs (SBC; 1934)
John D. Freeman (SBC; 1935)
John E. Simpson (1935)
Clarence Edward Macartney (1936)
Herman C. Weber (1938)
Oscar Lowry (1940s)
Ralph Spaulding Cushman (; 1942)
Leewin B. Williams (1945)
J. E. Dillard (SBC; 1947, 1953)
W. L. Muncy, Jr. (1949)
George A. E. Salstrand (1952)
Orval D. Peterson (1952)
Billy Graham (SBC; 1953)
Merrill D. Moore (Baptist; 1953)
Costen J. Harrell (Methodist; 1953)
Herschel H. Hobbs (SBC; 1954)
John R. Rice (1954)
Richard V. Clearwaters (1955)
Jarrette Aycock (1955)
Milo Kauffman (Mennonite; 1955)
Alphin Carl Conrad (1954)
Howard Foshee (SBC; 1958)
W. W. Barndollar (1959)
Tom Rees (English; 1960-1980)
Charlie W. Shedd (1961)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Advocate Tithing
Robert J. Hastings (SBC; 1961)
Luther P. Powell (1962)
Fletcher Clarke Spruce (1966)
Arthur W. Pink (1967)
W. E. Grindstaff (SBC; 1967)
H. Gordon Clinard (1970)
Stephen Olford (1972)
Brooks H. Wester (SBC; 1972)
H. Franklin Paschall (SBC; 1972)
Marvin E. Tate (1973)
Elmer Towns (1975)
Samuel Young (1976)
John J. Mitchell (OPC; 1978)
Edward A. Powell (1979)
W. A. Criswell (SBC; 1980)
R. T. Kendall (SBC; 1982)
Ron Trudinger (1982)
Francis W. Mennenga (1984)
Frederick K. C. Prince (1984)
R. J. Rushdoony (1986, 1994, 1999)
B. Scot Williams (1986)
Timothy Tow (1986)
George B. Davis (Baptist; 1987)
Stanley M. Horton (1988)
Randy Alcorn (1989)
Larry Burkett (1991)
Gary North (1994)
Peter Masters (Baptist; 1994)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Advocate Tithing
Mark T. Barclay (1994)
William D. Watley (1995)
Charles Stanley (SBC; 1996)
Ben Gill (SBC; 1996)
Walter Wink (1996)
Charley Holmes (1998)
Andrew Walker (1998)
James E. Mead (1998)
O. S. Hawkins (SBC; 1999)
Stephen Mizell (SBC; 2001)
David Jeremiah (SBC; 2002)
S. Truett Cathy (2002)
Marc Allen (New Age; 2002)
Keith Tondeur (2003)
Rick Warren (SBC; 2004)
Hank Hanegraaff (2004)
Seventh-day Adventists
Mormons
David M. James (Orthodox Christian; 2000)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Cautious Advocates
John M. Versteeg (1923)
Paul H. Conrad (1944)
Glenn McRae (1954)
T. A. Kantonen (Lutheran; 1956)
Holmes Rolston (Presbyterian; 1959)
Robert Paul Roth (Lutheran; 1960)
James O. Buswell (1962)
Lukas Vischer (German; 1966)
William L. Hendricks (Southern Baptist; 1972)
Earl Radmacher (1974)
Richard J. Foster (Quaker; 1981)
Douglas W. Johnson (1984)
John K. Brackett (Episcopalian; 1996)
Gene Getz (2004)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Ambiguous
John A. Broadus (SBC; 1886)
Andrew Murray (1897)
H. A. Ironside (1945)
Amos John Traver (1946)
Earl Radmacher (1974)
Ronald J. Sider (1978)
Edward J. Hales & J. Alan Youngren (1981)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1992)
Richard E. Rusbuldt (1994)
Adrian Mann (1992)
Donald A. Carson (1999)
Andy Stanley (2004)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Against Tithes being binding on Christians
Parsons Cooke (1850)
Samuel Harris (1850)
Edward A. Lawrence (1850)
Baptists in America (early 1800s)
John Peter Lange (1876)
Henry William Clarke (1891)
S. H. Kellogg (1891)
G. Campbell Morgan (1898)
Albert L. Vail (Baptist; 1913)
Frank Fox (1914)
David McConaughy (1918)
William L. Pettingill (1932)
John H. Grime (Baptist; 1934)
John T. Mueller (Lutheran; 1934)
R. C. H. Lenski (Lutheran; 1946)
Lewis Sperry Chafer (1948, 1974)
James F. Rand (1953)
Francis Pieper (Lutheran; 1953)
Ray Stedman (1950-1951)
L. L. McR. (Catholic; 1955)
W. E. Vine (1949)
Paul L. Stagg (Baptist; 1958)
Hiley H. Ward (Baptist; 1958)
Roy T. Cowles (1958)
Elizabeth Pearson Tilton (1958)
R. C. Rein (Lutheran; 1959)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Against Tithes being binding on Christians
Wick Broomall (1960)
John Byron Evans (1960)
Norman Tenpas (1967)
James Edward Anderson (1967)
Alfred Martin (1968)
Charles C. Ryrie (1969)
Jerry Horner (SBC; 1972)
Pieter Verhoef (1974)
Dennis O. Wretlind (1975)
Jack J. Peterson (OPC; 1978)
Donald Kraybill (1978)
Jon Zens (Baptist; 1979)
Richard B. Cunningham (SBC; 1979)
Garry Friesen (1980)
John MacArthur (1982; 2000)
George Monroe Castillo (1982)
Tony Badillo (1984)
James Montgomery Boice (1986)
Michael E. Oliver (1986)
W. Clyde Tilley (1987)
Ronald Michael Campbell (1987)
R. E. O. White (1988)
William MacDonald (1989)
Charles R. Swindoll (1990)
Rhodes Thompson (1990)
J. Vernon McGee (1991)
Jerome Smith (1992)
Craig L. Blomberg (1993)
TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
Tithing Renewal List
Against Tithes being binding on Christians
J. Duncan M. Derrett (1993)
Walter C. Kaiser (1994)
Moisés Silva (1994)
Benny D. Prince (1995)
Brian K. Morley (1996)
Linda L. Belleville (1996)
Ron Rhodes (1997)
Ernest L. Martin (1997)
Michael & Mitchell T. Webb (1998)
R. Johnston (1999)
Mark A. Snoeberger (Baptist; 2000)
Stuart Murray (English; 2000)
George W. Greene (2000)
Russell Earl Kelly (2001)
Jonathan Kithcart (2001)
Michael Morrison (2002)
Elliot Miller (2003)
Matthew E. Narramore (2004)
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Tithing introduction powerpoints

  • 1. The Bible and Money … The New Covenant Doctrine of Giving: Does tithing apply to Christians?
  • 6. Wheelchair-Bound Woman Kicked Out Of Church Dismissal Turns Into Talk Of Ohio Town UPDATED: 10:56 am EDT July 15, 2005 WAVERLY, Ohio -- A 65-year-old wheelchair-bound woman with congestive heart failure was kicked out of her church because she was not paying her tithe, NBC 4 reported. Loretta Davis told NBC 4's Mike Bowersock she was shocked when she received a letter saying she was no longer considered a member of her church, The Living Word Tabernacle. Davis made an agreement with the church that she would give 10 percent of her income. Then she became ill and stopped making payments, so the church revoked her membership.
  • 7. “Since Jan. 5, I've been in the hospital 15 times,” Davis said. “I’ve suffered with cellulites since I’ve had the open heart (surgery).” Davis is no longer paying the church $60 per month from her $592 per month Social Security check, Bowersock reported. “I have my tithes that I was supposed to pay, but I have not paid them since this has went on,” Davis said. “In the time of (Davis’) need, they should be caring, supporting, asking what she needs -- help her if she needed help,” said Teresa Meeks, who is Davis’ daughter. “I was so hurt on what they did to her.” The church moved out of its building in Waverly earlier this year and Davis’ dismissal has become the talk of the town, Bowersock reported.
  • 8. In a letter to the editor of the local paper, the former pastor said it is true that Davis lost her membership for not paying her tithes. In the same letter, he said Davis was not kicked out of the church for not paying her tithes. The Rev. Paul McClurg, who started the church, said Davis is still welcome to attend church but is not allowed to be a member. The issue upset Davis’ 83-year-old mother so much that she quit the church. The members have been holding services in a Lion’s Club hall while waiting to build a new church. There are at least two former members who will not be attending with them.
  • 9. Questions to answer Are Christians required to give tithes? Should someone who fails to pay the tithe be disciplined? What is the true standard of giving?
  • 10. Outline for Teaching Part 1: Deconstruct Tithing Part 2: Reconstruct of Model of Giving for Christians
  • 11. DECONSTRUCTING TITHING Why focus on deconstructing tithing? Before a new model for giving can be accepted, the old model must first be completely and utterly rejected. Because of the old model, that of giving ten percent, Christians tend to use it as a minimum or guideline. They tend to fall back into the “ten percent rut.” Thus, a complete embrace of the new model can only occur when the old model has been totally rejected.
  • 12. THE INADEQUACY OF THE TITHING MODEL
  • 13. % of Income Given 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% % of Income Given
  • 14. % of Income Given 3.50% 3.00% 2.50% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% 1987-1989 1993 1997 2002 PCUSA SBC
  • 15. The "Lord if I just made a little more" Chart 9% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% $20,000 $20,000- $30,000- $40,000- $60,000- $75,000- $100,000 or less $29,999 $39,999 $59,999 $74,999 $99,999 or more
  • 16. Money Spent by Americans 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 World Chewing Gum Movies Hunting State Missions Lotteries Amount Spent (in billions)
  • 17. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving • The average donation by adults who attend U.S. Protestant churches is about $17 a week. • Overall, only 3 to 5 percent of Americans who donate money to a church tithe (give a tenth of) their incomes though many more claim to do so. • Here is one of the unwritten laws: 20 percent of the members give up to 80 percent of the annual budget. In most cases, 50 percent or more give little or nothing. • Even among born-again Christians, 6 percent tithed in 2002, compared with 14 percent in 2001, the survey shows.
  • 18. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving • Among evangelicals - defined for the survey as people who believe they have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs about Jesus with non-Christians - 9 percent tithed, according to the survey. • In 2000, 12 percent of born-again U.S. adults tithed regularly to their churches. In 2001 it was 14 percent and in 2002 it fell to 6 percent. • In 2001, more than half of wealthy people (54 percent) said tax benefits induce them to give.
  • 19. Miscellaneous Thoughts on Giving Reformed Evangelicalism: Regarding the tithe, in spite of their grace-centered theology, many Reformed churches default to teaching the tithe as the standard for Christian giving. We suspect that Reformed churches, like all other churches, so struggle with motivating their people to give that they have taken hold of a clear biblical command, which seems to promise leverage for motivation. Dispensational Evangelicalism: Regarding the tithe, although dispensational theology teaches that Old Testament institutions generally do not apply to the New Testament church, many dispensational churches teach the tithe as a rule for Christian giving. We suspect that dispensational churches, like all other churches, so struggle with motivating their people to give that they have taken hold of a clear biblical command, which seems to promise leverage for motivation.
  • 22. Definitions Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent. Old Testament Tithing: Giving: Church and State:
  • 23. Definitions Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent. Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the trees) or from the herd. It only applied when the Israelites lived in Palestine and never referred to earned income. Giving: Church and State:
  • 24. Definitions Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent. Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the trees) or from the herd. It only applied to when the Israelites lived in Palestine and never referred to earned income. Giving: Since everything we have belongs to God and we are only “stewards” over what we possess, to say that we “give” something to God is to use the term loosely. Church and State:.
  • 25. Definitions Tithe: The word “tithe” means one-tenth or ten percent. Old Testament Tithing: The act of giving 1 out of every 10 items produced from the ground (crops: grain from the soil or fruit from the trees) or from the herd. It only applied to when the Israelites lived in Palestine and never referred to earned income. Giving: Since everything we have belongs to God and we are only “stewards” over what we possess, to say that we “give” something to God is to use the term loosely. Church and State: Israel did not separate the religion from the government like America does; neither did many Christians in much of Church history.
  • 28. Our Goal G. Campbell Morgan concluded that the basic New Testament principle of giving is that Christians ought to place all their resources at God’s disposal since God has manifested His grace by putting His resources at Christians’ disposal.
  • 30. Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing Deceptively Attractive Arguments 1. Argument from the Garden of Eden 2. Continuity Argument 3. Concession Argument 4. Exceeding Righteousness Argument 5. Anecdotal Argument 6. Tithing as the Eleventh Commandment
  • 32. Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing Unconvincing Arguments 7. Argument from Abel 8. Historical Argument 9. Pragmatic Argument 10. Argument from the Sabbath 11. Argument from Malachi 3
  • 33. Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing Unconvincing Arguments 12. Jerome’s Argument 13. Argument from Jesus’ Example 14. The Caesarian Argument
  • 34. Twenty Arguments Supporting Tithing Arguments Deserving Consideration 15. Argument from the Mosaic Law 16. Argument from Hebrews 7 17. Argument from Jesus’ Teaching 18. Moral Law Argument 19. Argument from Paul’s Teaching 20. Argument from Natural Law
  • 35. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY
  • 36. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Negative Evidence Clement of Rome (ca. 100) Didache (ca. 100) Justin Martyr (100-165) Tertullian (160-230)
  • 37. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Ambiguous Irenaeus (130-200) Constantine (ca. 325) Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531) John Calvin (1509-1564) John Knox (1514-1572) Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) John Wesley (1703-1791) Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
  • 38. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Against Tithes being binding on Christians Didascalia Apostolorum (ca. 225) Epiphanius (370) Thomas Aquinas (1225-1275) John Wycliff (1328-1384) John Huss (1373-1415) Erasmus (1466-1536) Martin Luther (1483-1546) Anabaptists (particularly the Swiss) (ca. 1525) John Smyth (1609) Puritans and Pilgrims of Massachusetts (17th century) John Cotton (1585-1652) Roger Williams (ca. 1636) John Milton (English; 1659)
  • 39. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Against Tithes being binding on Christians Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Particular Baptists (England; 1660) John Owen (English; 1680) Francis Turretin (Geneva; d. 1687) John Bunyan (Baptist; 1628-1688) Quakers (England; 1768) Adam Clarke (ca. 1762-1832) J. Newton Brown (Baptist; 1836)
  • 40. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Advocate Tithing Clement of Alexandria (150-215) Apostolic Constitutions (4th century) Synod of Gangra (ca. 350) Hilary of Poitiers (366) Basil of Caesarea (370) Ambrose (374) Cassian (410) Isidore of Pelusium (450) Caesarius of Arles (490) Eugippius and Severinus (ca. 510) Second Synod of Macon (585) Pope Gregory the Great (600) Egbert (750) Pipin (750) Charlemagne (779) Offa, King of Mercia (8th century) Edward (1050) William the Conqueror (1066) Bernard of Clairvaux (1139) Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Charles Leslie (English; 1700) Increase Mather (1639-1723) W. Bohun (English; 1731) James Gambier (English; 1794) Richard Belward (English; 1782) W. Edmeads (English; 1811) Cotton Mather (1833) Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) Synod of Rowen (unknown; probably 879)
  • 41. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Pre-1870 List Advocate tithing, but as a compromise Origen (186-255) John Chrysostom (375) Jerome (385) Augustine (400) Anastasius Sinaita (544)
  • 42. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Advocate Tithing A. W. Miller (Presbyterian; 1873) William Speer (Presbyterian; 1875) Thomas Kane (Presbyterian; 1876) A. J. Gordon (1877) A. T. Robertson (1886) Kenrick Peck (English barrister; 1891) N. L. Rigby (1895) George D. Watson (1896) S. B. Shaw (1897) Joseph Parker (; 1900) E. B. Stewart (Presbyterian; 1903) Charles Cook (Baptist; 1903) Charles William Harshman (1905) Henry Lansdell (1906) John Wesley Duncan (1909) George W. Brown (1911) Arthur V. Babbs (1912) John Albert May (1919) Martha F. Bellinger (1919) Frank H. Leavell (1920) P. W. Thompson (1920) James A. Hensey (1922) Luther E. Lovejoy (1924) Julius Earl Crawford (1926) Monroe E. Dodd (Baptist; 1929) William R. Rigell (1930) Emmet Fox (New Age; 1931) Patrick J. Sloan (Catholic; 1932)
  • 43. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Advocate Tithing A. T. Robertson (SBC; 1934) P. E. Burroughs (SBC; 1934) John D. Freeman (SBC; 1935) John E. Simpson (1935) Clarence Edward Macartney (1936) Herman C. Weber (1938) Oscar Lowry (1940s) Ralph Spaulding Cushman (; 1942) Leewin B. Williams (1945) J. E. Dillard (SBC; 1947, 1953) W. L. Muncy, Jr. (1949) George A. E. Salstrand (1952) Orval D. Peterson (1952) Billy Graham (SBC; 1953) Merrill D. Moore (Baptist; 1953) Costen J. Harrell (Methodist; 1953) Herschel H. Hobbs (SBC; 1954) John R. Rice (1954) Richard V. Clearwaters (1955) Jarrette Aycock (1955) Milo Kauffman (Mennonite; 1955) Alphin Carl Conrad (1954) Howard Foshee (SBC; 1958) W. W. Barndollar (1959) Tom Rees (English; 1960-1980) Charlie W. Shedd (1961)
  • 44. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Advocate Tithing Robert J. Hastings (SBC; 1961) Luther P. Powell (1962) Fletcher Clarke Spruce (1966) Arthur W. Pink (1967) W. E. Grindstaff (SBC; 1967) H. Gordon Clinard (1970) Stephen Olford (1972) Brooks H. Wester (SBC; 1972) H. Franklin Paschall (SBC; 1972) Marvin E. Tate (1973) Elmer Towns (1975) Samuel Young (1976) John J. Mitchell (OPC; 1978) Edward A. Powell (1979) W. A. Criswell (SBC; 1980) R. T. Kendall (SBC; 1982) Ron Trudinger (1982) Francis W. Mennenga (1984) Frederick K. C. Prince (1984) R. J. Rushdoony (1986, 1994, 1999) B. Scot Williams (1986) Timothy Tow (1986) George B. Davis (Baptist; 1987) Stanley M. Horton (1988) Randy Alcorn (1989) Larry Burkett (1991) Gary North (1994) Peter Masters (Baptist; 1994)
  • 45. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Advocate Tithing Mark T. Barclay (1994) William D. Watley (1995) Charles Stanley (SBC; 1996) Ben Gill (SBC; 1996) Walter Wink (1996) Charley Holmes (1998) Andrew Walker (1998) James E. Mead (1998) O. S. Hawkins (SBC; 1999) Stephen Mizell (SBC; 2001) David Jeremiah (SBC; 2002) S. Truett Cathy (2002) Marc Allen (New Age; 2002) Keith Tondeur (2003) Rick Warren (SBC; 2004) Hank Hanegraaff (2004) Seventh-day Adventists Mormons David M. James (Orthodox Christian; 2000)
  • 46. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Cautious Advocates John M. Versteeg (1923) Paul H. Conrad (1944) Glenn McRae (1954) T. A. Kantonen (Lutheran; 1956) Holmes Rolston (Presbyterian; 1959) Robert Paul Roth (Lutheran; 1960) James O. Buswell (1962) Lukas Vischer (German; 1966) William L. Hendricks (Southern Baptist; 1972) Earl Radmacher (1974) Richard J. Foster (Quaker; 1981) Douglas W. Johnson (1984) John K. Brackett (Episcopalian; 1996) Gene Getz (2004)
  • 47. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Ambiguous John A. Broadus (SBC; 1886) Andrew Murray (1897) H. A. Ironside (1945) Amos John Traver (1946) Earl Radmacher (1974) Ronald J. Sider (1978) Edward J. Hales & J. Alan Youngren (1981) National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1992) Richard E. Rusbuldt (1994) Adrian Mann (1992) Donald A. Carson (1999) Andy Stanley (2004)
  • 48. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Against Tithes being binding on Christians Parsons Cooke (1850) Samuel Harris (1850) Edward A. Lawrence (1850) Baptists in America (early 1800s) John Peter Lange (1876) Henry William Clarke (1891) S. H. Kellogg (1891) G. Campbell Morgan (1898) Albert L. Vail (Baptist; 1913) Frank Fox (1914) David McConaughy (1918) William L. Pettingill (1932) John H. Grime (Baptist; 1934) John T. Mueller (Lutheran; 1934) R. C. H. Lenski (Lutheran; 1946) Lewis Sperry Chafer (1948, 1974) James F. Rand (1953) Francis Pieper (Lutheran; 1953) Ray Stedman (1950-1951) L. L. McR. (Catholic; 1955) W. E. Vine (1949) Paul L. Stagg (Baptist; 1958) Hiley H. Ward (Baptist; 1958) Roy T. Cowles (1958) Elizabeth Pearson Tilton (1958) R. C. Rein (Lutheran; 1959)
  • 49. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Against Tithes being binding on Christians Wick Broomall (1960) John Byron Evans (1960) Norman Tenpas (1967) James Edward Anderson (1967) Alfred Martin (1968) Charles C. Ryrie (1969) Jerry Horner (SBC; 1972) Pieter Verhoef (1974) Dennis O. Wretlind (1975) Jack J. Peterson (OPC; 1978) Donald Kraybill (1978) Jon Zens (Baptist; 1979) Richard B. Cunningham (SBC; 1979) Garry Friesen (1980) John MacArthur (1982; 2000) George Monroe Castillo (1982) Tony Badillo (1984) James Montgomery Boice (1986) Michael E. Oliver (1986) W. Clyde Tilley (1987) Ronald Michael Campbell (1987) R. E. O. White (1988) William MacDonald (1989) Charles R. Swindoll (1990) Rhodes Thompson (1990) J. Vernon McGee (1991) Jerome Smith (1992) Craig L. Blomberg (1993)
  • 50. TITHING IN CHURCH HISTORY Tithing Renewal List Against Tithes being binding on Christians J. Duncan M. Derrett (1993) Walter C. Kaiser (1994) Moisés Silva (1994) Benny D. Prince (1995) Brian K. Morley (1996) Linda L. Belleville (1996) Ron Rhodes (1997) Ernest L. Martin (1997) Michael & Mitchell T. Webb (1998) R. Johnston (1999) Mark A. Snoeberger (Baptist; 2000) Stuart Murray (English; 2000) George W. Greene (2000) Russell Earl Kelly (2001) Jonathan Kithcart (2001) Michael Morrison (2002) Elliot Miller (2003) Matthew E. Narramore (2004) Jehovah’s Witnesses The Worldwide Church of God-new