As I said last week, this is about the time of year when churches solicit pledges from members about their 2026 giving so churches can plan their spending for the coming year. So how much should we give? The Old Testament requirement was ten percent (10%). If you were a Read more…
Last year at about this time I wrote a blog entry about the history of Thanksgiving. You can read it here. Giving thanks to God for his many blessings is an essential ingredient of Christianity. In my favorite Bible translation, the New American Standard, the word “thanks” appears 91 times Read more…
Tithing goes back at least as far as Abraham. When he defeated the king of Elam and his allies, Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils of war to Melchizedek, whom Genesis 14:18 refers to as a “priest of God Most High.” (See also Hebrews 7:1-2.) In Genesis 28:20-22, Jacob Read more…