i get a lot of email asking for advice. and sometimes most of the time i think you guys would do a much better job answering this stuff than i would.

here’s an excerpt from someone who would like to remain anonymous.

“This tithing thing. My wife and I have been Christians and going to church for some time. We recently started tithing 10%. This is a huge step for us because of the amount of debt we are in from our past. Every month since we have started tithing, we have also bounced checks and been overdrawn. If you look at our finances, every penny (and some) is accounted for before we even tithe. But we thought we’d “test God” like so many people say about tithing. We really don’t spend any on extra things. We don’t eat out, or buy clothes, or spend much on excess at all. I’d be happy to show anyone my checking account statements any day.

But now we are getting far behind on our bills because we would rather not pay them than be overdrawn. I don’t want to sound cynical (really) but it is hard for me to continue tithing when I see that our home church has all the fancy stuff like big TVs and the staff always seem to have the latest gadgets and wear “hip” clothes when we have to be so careful when we get groceries. It’s not cheap feeding two adults and two little ones.

What do you think is more important? Tithing or being personally responsible with our money?”

dig in you guys…what do you think?