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Originally Posted by Koinonia
I also watched some of the video. I think that, post-LC, I am very turned off by talk about "tithing," or anything I see as pressure to give financially. I understand the speaker's point and application, but it is hard for me to get past references like these. I consider modern evangelical teaching on tithing to be false doctrine--a form of legalism, and a total distortion of Old Testament practice. That's just my take on it.
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How is it a "total distortion?"
If we cannot find some church or ministry we can trust with money, what are we really saying?
I understand being traumatized by bad experiences. I don't understand trying to formulate a theology that exempts us from giving.