A blog dedicated to the theology of tithing?

Yes, a blog dedicated to the theology of tithing. The reason this topic has garnered this level of attention from me is that I believe this has the potential to do damage to the church. If Christians believe that they are still bound by the law they are missing the point of Christ fulfilling the law.

I do not dispute the fact that the Old Testament has many many examples of the tithe. I also am not saying that the Old Testament has nothing to say to the believer. What I am saying is that it is wrong for a church to pick and choose which parts of the law to make compulsory for believers. When you think of "the law" do you think of the ten commandments or do you think of the 613 commandments (Mitzvot) contained in the Old Testament?

I am also not arguing against giving. I am arguing for the right kind of giving. Notice my description of the tithing doctrine as "compulsory?" This is intentional. In II Corinthians Paul tells us that God loves a cheerful giver. He tells us we should not give under compulsion. What does compulsory mean? Compulsory means required or mandatory. Another form of the word is used in the passage of the NASB translation is compulsion, this has a bent towards meaning coercion.

So with all respect to the pastors out there who have accepted the doctrine of the compulsory tithe simply because it seems to make sense... Are you even open to the remote idea that perhaps this doctrine is heresy when you sit it next to the scriptures? It is possible that you have been teaching a false doctrine? Is it possible that your teaching has done damage to the lives and souls of others? To be a fair, it is probably I who am more accurately termed a heretic, so much of the church has accepted this false doctrine and my being one of the dissenters, makes me the heretic. Martin Luther was a heretic.