In my many discussions about debates about Tithing, if the debate lasts long enough eventually this question always pops up, “Since you don’t believe in tithing, how much do you give under grace? Is it more than the law or less?” This question is the most ignorant question i receive in the tithing debate. Typically this means that they’ve run out of arguments, or they are sick of repeating the accusation that i am throwing out the Old Testament. This is why i bring you 10 ways to respond when a tither wants to know how much you give, just because you are against tithing.
1. Grace givers could also ask the question about how many of the tithers are actually giving cheerfully and godly? My assumption would be that the percentage is lower than those that give gracefully.
2. What is the average that believing tithers give? According to statistics on barna.org, it doesn’t seem like tithers are giving what they should either.
3. Greed is not biased to those who practice grace giving. May I remind you that Israel fell to the cloak of greed while under the tithing law anyways.
4. The Mormon cult gives more than any religion or denomination but that doesn’t confirm their theology.
5. The steward in Matthew 25 who gave 100% of his 2 talents back to his master was still considered a bad steward.
6. It was only the Pharisees who were interested in shortcomings of others while expressing how they elegantly obeyed the OT requirements.
7. I’ll let God be the one to tell you what He’s received from me.
8. I give nine-and-a-half percent. (just to throw them off)
9. Most of the time I keep 0% of my income. God seems to find a use for all of it.
10. Is it common for you to base scriptural truth on the performance of mankind?
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April 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
great responses!!!
May 21st, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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September 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
The ten responses given are clever, but not terribly grace-filled. Why not simply say “It would be wrong for me to talk about how much I give,” or even, “I don’t think that’s an appropriate question.”
Spirit-led responses and snappy comebacks tend not to be the same thing.
September 6th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Mike,
I definitely agree with your response. I guess i should have put that in the list. They just get all mad, and think that you are hiding something when you give them that response. Also, because you hide how much you give, they assume that you don’t give as much as them. It’s a no win situation when they ask you that question. but I hope that you have a little ammo to answer back.