When it comes to the subject of Christians tithing, the following Bibical challenge is one that most Christians are just too tight to attempt:
"Test me now [by tithing]," God said through His prophet Malachi. "And see if I won't open for you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing so big you won't be able to receive it."
Tithing first appears in the book of Genesis -- Abraham gave "a tenth" to Melchizedek, king of Salem -- and is sprinkled throughout the Old Testament. In modern times, the practice is open to many interpretations.
Whether one attends religious services or not, when it comes to the subject of giving one thing is certain:
America's poor are regularly more generous than America's rich—if you look at their giving as a percentage of their income.
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