Rethinking: The Widows Offering

The New Testament records an incident where a poor widow gave two small copper coins as a gift into the Jewish Temple treasury. Jesus commends her for giving ‘all she had to live on’ even though the Old Testament law only required a tenth – or tithe – be given to the Temple.  How self-sacrificial!  WAIT!  The reality is that the widow is never commended by Jesus. This is an assumption we have made about the text, especially in light of the fact that church giving is so esteemed amongst Evangelical Christians, who often mistakenly equate the Temple and Church institutions.  So, let's take a look at the context and rethink the widows offering.   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email: [email protected]