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Timothy, I too had never heard those terms together - "storehouse tithing" until just recently.

I did a search of the WorldCat database which is the most comprehensive database out there (that I'm aware of). It turned up 13 books related to "storehouse tithing" Most of the titles were published in the 1950s and 1960s by publishers like Sword of the Lord and Nazarene Publications.

According to a book published by respected sociologists Christian Smith and Michael Emerson, The Wesleyan Church uses the phrase "storehouse tithing" in their official document describing Wesleyan beliefs related to financial giving.

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.To me, this is an exceedingly interesting thread. Count me as one agreeing with my cross town neighbor and fellow Oklahoman, Wade Burleson.
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In the Broadman and Modern Hymnals was this hymn titled "Trust, Try, and Prove Me."

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
All your money, talents, time and love;
Consecrate them all upon the altar;
While your Saviour from above speaks sweetly.

Trust Me, try Me, prove Me, saith the Lord of hosts and see
If a blessing, unmeasured blessing,
I will not pour out on thee.
(Copyright 1928 by Charles Gabriel)

That may be the most used stewardship hymn in the South in the 1930's through the 1950's.

Ed: I am agast to hear that neither TIm Bonney nor Aaron Weaver have read Malachi 3:10.

But on the other hand, I was born into and raised (until 19) in the Nazarene denomination. Storehouse tithing was just one of the teachings of that sect that I had problems with. It does seem a bit strange to me that so many "New Testament" Baptist are so quick to insist on an OT based practice.

But yet, as I said the other day in another thread, Trudy and I do tithe through our church (ABC-USA) and give to other Christian causes above that; Ie: the distinction between tithes and offerings.

And of course it was be pretty as a CBFer in SBC churchs to advocate the practice of storehouse tithing.

To sum up I am comfortable with storehouse tithing , as long as I have confidence in the storehouse managers.

Dear Wade,

Sorry. I speak only one language--West Georgia Redneckese. Therefore, I haven't a clue what you just wrote. I did pick-up a tinge of self-perceived, messianic drawl in it though.

Mr Parker,

Your comment clearly demonstrates the depth of your ignorance concerning Les and my relationship. I suggest you stick to commenting on things concerning which you have something sane to say.

With that, I am...
Peter

Mark,

Does your agreement mean that you affirm the practice of publishing private e-mails? That is, after all, one of two issues being discussed here.

I don't have some monolithic perspective on Wade Burleson. I largely agree with what he has written against Les' fundamentalism. I just don't agree with the tactic in this instance. Considering your response to Foxy in the past when he's invoked your last name, I'm sure you also share privacy concerns, probably at a greater level than I do. We shouldn't use a person's private e-mail in this manner, right?

All this drama surrounding Les Puryear brings attention to another important issue - the increasingly tense relationship between Southern Baptists and Academic Freedom - a freedom which is already extremely limited in SBC life and apparently folks like Les would like to suppress that freedom to a greater extent...

In my experience "storehouse tithing" has always been used as an allegedly biblical bludgeon with which to pummel church members into giving the full tithe to their local church, and not anything else.

Maybe Stetzer should do a survey. I'm guessing that a minority of Baptists (though perhas a majority of pastors, who know self-interest when they see it) believe in storehouse tithing.

I have always loved the story about Dr. Henlee Barnette at SBTS. A pastor in the South wrote the Dr. Duke McCall, SBTS President, warning him that if he didn't fire Dr. Barnette for his stands on race, their church would not be sending any more money to SBTS. Dr. Barnette did some research on the giving of the church, computed what they had given to the CP through their state convention, took the percentage that reached the SBC, then took the percentage again of what SBTS received, and sent the pastor back all of their contributions from the previous year that came to the seminary. He always relished telling that he gathered the total and put it in the envelope and sent it. The total was $0.31.

More you explore Chadwick Ivester, Rodeo is a multilayerd Pun

http://chadwickivester.com/2008/02/04/f ... son-story/

Well the fundies ain't all dour, now are they; you see where Puryear was the first to comment on this blog