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The desire to tithe is the same as the desire to go to church every Sunday, pray when someone needs it and give thanks to God when you’re grateful. For many Christians, tithing is less of an ...

Q. My wife and I are currently on Baby Step 2 of your plan. We attend church regularly, and we’ve always made sure we tithed 10% to 15% in the past. Do you think it would be OK to lower our tithe ...

Tithing is generally understood as setting aside 10% of one’s income to be given to one’s local church as an act of worship ...

The Israelites were never subject to withholding upward of 15 percent. My husband and I were newly Christian and in seminary when a friend told us about tithing. She stressed the importance of giving ...

Tithing -- the response to the biblical exhortation of returning to God 10% of his gifts -- may be common in some denominations, but in most American churches it remains a rare practice. Researchers ...

But for many Christians, it may be a moot point. It’s not that giving to your local church isn’t important—it is, leaders told the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). But 76 percent say it’s ...

One of the unfortunate effects of human sin and of the weird and fractured borderline between the sacred and the secular in postmodern culture is that the word "tithe" provokes reactions ranging from ...

My wife and I have always attended church, and we have always tithed. Over the last few months, we have come to the decision it is time for us to find a place to worship that is a little more involved ...

I believe that you should give people whatever you want to give them personally. Go and help the poor and motherless babies’ home personally; why do you have to give it to your pastor? Don’t you think ...