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[Pages:58]Tithing In The Writings of Ellen G. White

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Angel Manuel Rodr?guez

Tithing in the Writings of Ellen G. White

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Tithing In The Writings of Ellen G. White

Angel Manuel Rodr?guez

Biblical Research Institute, Silver Spring, MD Stewardship Ministries Department of the General Conference

table of contents

INTRODUCTION

5

THEOLOGICAL GROUNDING

7

General Theological Concepts

7

Specific Theological Concepts and Tithing

9

Origin and Perpetuity: Goodness of the Law

10

Sin, God, Tithing and the Divine-Human Interaction 12

Nature of Tithe

15

Conclusion

17

MOTIVATION FOR TITHING

19

Quality of the Spiritual Life and Tithing

19

Motivation for Tithing

21

Withholding Tithe

24

Conclusion

27

LOGISTICS OF TITHING

29

Teaching the Tithing System

29

Collecting the Tithe

30

Sources That are Titheable

31

Conclusion

32

USES OF TITHE

33

Determining the Use

33

Specific Usage of Tithe

34

Exceptional Use of Tithe

37

Incorrect Use of Tithe

38

Conclusion

40

E. G. WHITE'S PERSONAL USE OF TITHE

43

THE SECOND TITHE

45

GENERAL CONCLUSION

47

END NOTES

49

introduction

This paper will explore the concept, practice and theological foundation for tithing in the writings of Ellen G. White. Historical details will enter the discussion when necessary, but the primary focus will be at the conceptual and pragmatic levels. Her writings reveal growth in her understanding of the subject of tithe, but hardly any significant change in her views.1 We do not find an explicit theology of tithing, developed in a systematic form, but rather concepts that she associates with it and that provide for us a window to explore the theological aspects that informed her views and the counsel she gave to the church. It is obvious that the biblical materials dealing with the importance and use of tithe have been the primary influence on her understanding of tithing.

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