What is Tithing?

The Bible has about 500 verses on prayer and over 2000 verses on money and income.   While both prayer and finances are important to God, I suspect money gets more verses because we have more trouble with it -- particularly giving it away.We don't like to think about tithing; we avoid sermons on it and we have lots of questions about it.In my experience, most sermons on tithing boil down to "give more, give often -- to us".  But the information I really want is the whys and hows behind tithes and offerings from the giver's perspective and whether the New Testament changes anything.