I did not enjoy this book. The premise is a good one, obviously. The book is a collection of stories of individuals and families whose decisions to tithe (that is, return at least one-tenth of their financial resources to the Lord) blessed them immensely and, over time, brought them to a place of knowing the Lord better. Sounds great in theory, but the execution of the book was less than stellar.
My main complaint is that the book seems to be written primarily for those with a background in the Episcopalian church. The terms used assume a knowledge that I, from a different denomination of the Christian faith, do not have. That was very frustrating and made it difficult to weed through the language to find the story lying underneath. The stories of lives blessed by dedicated obedience to the Lord were good, but the language got in the way for me. As the book went on, it improved somewhat, but still was difficult to get through. Because each chapter was centered on the life and story of a different family, much of each chapter (and consequently, much of the book) was dedicated to simply telling who each person was and putting their story in context. While necessary for the purpose of the book, I didn’t feel that it was well done and I simply did not enjoy reading it.
The introduction to the book did provide helpful background information on the discipline of tithing. and if that is what you are interested in reading, this book may be what you are looking for. However, I feel that there are almost certainly better-suited volumes for that purpose. If you are looking for personal accounts of lives blessed by tithing, I would more easily recommend simply talking to those in your church family.
1 of your thoughts:
I had actually thought about this book as my next one and made another selection. I'll think about it for a later time....maybe.
Weezer
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