Understanding the Bible This post is part of our Understanding the Bible series—short, clear explanations of common questions, phrases, images, and themes found in Scripture. The goal is simple: to help you read the Bible more clearly by explaining what the text says, what it meant in its original context, and why it still matters... Continue Reading →
Understanding the Bible This post is part of our Understanding the Bible series—short, clear explanations of common questions, phrases, images, and themes found in Scripture. The goal is simple: to help you read the Bible more clearly by explaining what the text says, what it meant in its original context, and why it still matters... Continue Reading →
Understanding the Bible This post is part of our Understanding the Bible series—short, clear explanations of common questions, phrases, images, and themes found in Scripture. The goal is simple: to help you read the Bible more clearly by explaining what the text says, what it meant in its original context, and why it still matters... Continue Reading →
Understanding the Bible This post is part of our Understanding the Bible series—short, clear explanations of common questions, phrases, images, and themes found in Scripture. The goal is simple: to help you read the Bible more clearly by explaining what the text says, what it meant in its original context, and why it still matters... Continue Reading →
Should Christians Tithe Today? Series Should Christians Tithe Today? After walking through the Old Testament tithe system, the words of Jesus, the teaching of the apostles, and the history of the church, we are finally ready to answer the central question of this series: should Christians tithe today? This article brings the whole discussion together... Continue Reading →
Should Christians Tithe Today? Series How the Early Church and Church History Handled Tithing If the apostles never directly commanded Christians to tithe, why has tithing become such a normal Christian expectation? Church history helps answer that question. This article traces how Christian giving developed from the early church, through the post-Constantine era, the medieval... Continue Reading →
Should Christians Tithe Today? Series Why the Apostles Never Command Christians to Tithe If tithing was such an important part of life under the Old Testament, why do the apostles never simply tell the church, “Christians must tithe”? That question sits near the center of the modern debate. In this article, we will look at... Continue Reading →
Should Christians Tithe Today? Series What Jesus Actually Said About Tithing Jesus did speak about tithing—but not often, and not in the way many people assume. When we look carefully at the Gospels, we find that Jesus mentions tithing in contexts tied to the Mosaic Law, the Pharisees, and the still-standing temple system. At the... Continue Reading →