Friday, March 03, 2006
Why discuss tithing and church history?
Why am I, an aspiring New Testament scholar, writing on church history and tithing? Well, most people believe that tithing is the paradigm of the church and that it has been that way for 2,000 years. By demonstrating that tithing has been controversial throughout church history, I am only attempting to help us realize that appeal to this tradition is inappropriate: it has only been a practiced in its current form for a little over 100 years. Therefore, my goal is to try to help us put the discussion squarely on the biblical text. Since church history is divided, and people have lined up on both sides of the debate, let's look squarely at the biblical text. Let's study the descriptions and prescriptions for tithing in the OT. Let's analyze the few passages in the NT that mention it. Then we can arrive at a biblical view.
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Hello David,
Have you done any research on tithing in the early Church? Or for that matter, on it's practice
- or lack thereof - during the entire pre-reformation era of the Church?
If so, I'd love to hear what you have found.
Regards,
John
The whole church system is a joke. I found Tim Germain's study - The Church Beyond Imagination on youtube about five years ago. It's been my mantra. I'm starting to seriously study it now and write about it. Just quit my job so now I have more time to study and write. I want to connect with anyone who is writing about this. So I can learn. I'm on facer book under /danaelliottroo and twitter @danaelliottroo . I'm in San Diego. Hope all is well in this safeathome time in America. Martha Session
I did attach a link to this blog to mine. Hope that is ok. Feel free to text me as well 619 751 3655.
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