Tithe on gross or net?
Question: I know that tithing is supposed to be giving 10% to the Lord. Is that 10% of the gross or of the net after taxes? I don’t know that I could afford to give 10% of what I earn before taxes! Answer: Thanks for your well thought out question about tithing. The practice that Christians have always carried out is the giving of 10% back to the Lord of ALL that the Lord has given to you – your gross. It’s not really a tithe to subtract out our largest payments and then give 10% out of the remainder. I know that this is a tremendous challenge. That’s the idea! The Lord could have asked us to give 50% to Him, but He chose 10%. I believe that this is because that is an amount large enough that it takes a real act of faith and trust to give it to him. God is not interested in our money so much as He is interested in what it represents: our heart and priorities. The beauty is that, when we give out of a good heart, God then uses it to bless not only us, but many others. I’ve talked to man
