Publisher's Synopsis
Tithing still remains one of the most debatable topics within the realms of Christianity. It's a fact that pastors prey on the gullibility of their congregants, aptly backed by their shallow minds to squeeze their hard-earned money from them by quoting obsolete scriptures to carry out their schemes. There are several verses in the Bible that show Christians- followers of Christ are not mandated to pay tithes. But interestingly, these same Christians allow their pastors whom they hold as demigods to interpret the verses for them.
What aren't preachers telling us about their demands for tithes and their requests for offerings? The short answer is we're being deceived, bullied, and manipulated. The longer answer is this book.
It asks tough questions and provides biblical and common sense answers. Here are the chapter titles:
-Why the System of Mandatory Tithes and Manipulated Offerings Must Be Destroyed
-The Psychology of Clergy Financial Manipulation
-The Crisis of Crisis Giving
-How Much Does It Cost the American Church to Preach the Gospel?
-How Much Did It Cost Jesus to Preach the Gospel?
-How Much Did It Cost the Early Church to Preach the Gospel?
-The Creation and Rise of the Financial Tithe
-Answers to Pre-Law Arguments for Mandatory New Testament Tithes
-The Definition of Tithes During the Period of the Law of Moses
-Who Paid Tithes Under the Law of Moses?
-The Law of Tithing and the Tithing Holiday
-The Most Abused Scriptures in the Bible: Malachi 3:8-11
-Understanding the Original Sabbath Helps Us Understand the Original Tithe
-Man Was Not Made for the Sabbath--Or the Tithe
-The Law of Human Need is Superior to the Law of the Tithe
-The Gospels Do Not Endorse Christian Tithing
-The New Testament Condemns Christian Tithing
-The Apostles Condemned Legalism (and thus Christian Tithing) in the Early Church
-No Christian Tithing in Hebrews 7
-Jesus is the Last Legitimate Tithe
-Christians Must Give According to the Law of Love
